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Chairman change for Efra Committee
The Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) Select Committee of the House of Commons has chosen Geraint Davies, Labour MP for Swansea West, as its interim chairman following the resignation of Neil Parish, the Conservative MP for...
Adama appoints new marketing and technical manager
Crop protection company Adama Agricultural Solutions UK has appointed David Roberts to the newly created position of marketing and technical manager for the company’s molluscicide, sugar beet, oilseed rape and plant growth regulator...
Ruminant health key to lower methane emissions
Reducing endemic disease levels in ruminant livestock can contribute to the Global Methane Pledge to cut methane emissions 30% by 2030 - a COP26 outcome. A report from Scotland’s Moredun Research Institute – prepared in conjunction...
Scottish agri strength and potential
Research funded by the Scottish Environment, Food and Agriculture Research Institutes (SEFARI), in partnership with a subgroup of the Life Science Scotland’s Industry Leadership Group and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), has...
UK agtech fund invests in Climate Edge digital platform
Regenerate Ventures, the UK fund specialising in climate-positive agricultural technologies, has invested in Climate Edge, the London-based developer of an agtech communications and data platform aimed at small farmers in developing...
New head of seeds and arable for the AIC
The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) has appointed Rose Riby as its new head of seeds, and arable marketing sectors. She succeeds Catherine Barratt in the role. Ms Riby joins from the AHDB where she was knowledge exchange...
UK agri-tech centres partner with Wageningen
The four UK agri-tech centres – CHAP, CIEL, Agri-EPI and Agrimetrics – are developing a sustainable farming partnership with the renowned Wageningen University & Research (WUR) agricultural research and training organisation in the...