AIC rodenticide vote success
Lobbying by the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) and other industry bodies has led to Environment Committee MEPs voting on Tuesday (June 22) to support a compromise amendment to the draft Biocides Regulation which could avoid the removal of 95% of rodenticides (anticoagulants) used in the UK. AIC had highlighted the concerns of the whole agriculture […]
New Smells Through Synthetic Biology
Scientists in the School of Chemistry Cardiff University and at the BiologicalChemistry Department at Rothamsted Research have received an award worth over 1million by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, togetherwith the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, to develop asynthetic biology approach for predicting the structural characteristics ofodorant molecules so as to produce […]
Three Counties Show best for more than a decade
The Three Counties Show (18 20 June) was hailed the best for more than a decade today as organizer, the Three Counties Agricultural Society, revealed a final visitor footfall of 98,000 6,000 up on 2009. The Show had around 3,500 head of livestock this year 460 animals more than last year increased horse entries, a […]
7.5million parasitic disease research project will help Great Britains livestock sector
The health of Great Britains livestock sector will receive a big boost thanks to a grant to fund research into potential new vaccines for parasitic diseases, says the NFU. Edinburgh-based Moredun Research Institute has been given a European Union grant to carry out a series of research projects into parasitic worms over the next three […]
Comments on the emergency budget from Chesterton Humberts
David Hebditch, head of the rural department at Chesterton Humberts, comments on the coalition governments emergency budget announcement and the affect on the rural community: Measures announced today will have a mixed effect on rural communities and agricultural businesses. Overall, it is a positive budget for a sector which has suffered severely during the recession. […]
UK investment in manufacture of leading fungicide comes on stream to meet rising global demand
A major investment to increase production of the worlds largest selling fungicide in response to growing global demand has come on-stream at the Grangemouth manufacturing site of Syngenta in Scotland. Azoxystrobin from Syngenta, was originally discovered in the UK at the companys Jealotts Hill International Research Centre in Berkshire late in the 1980s. Since then […]
Zoological park boss uses IOG Saltex to tame every potential problem
As Head of Grounds & Plants at Marwell Wildlife, Lance Ingram regards his regular visits to the annual IOG SALTEX open space management show (this year, Windsor Racecourse, September 7-9) as indispensable in keeping up to date with the latest industry developments as well as to see products that may be of use, and to […]
Dairy is delivering on fat and salt cuts
The Dairy Council responds to NICE report Responding to the publication of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence and Health’s report on cardiovascular disease, The Dairy Council Director Dr Judith Bryans said: The dairy industry is working very closely and productively with the Food Standards Agency to deliver reductions in saturated fat and salt. These […]
On farm energy generation is the way forward, says NFU
Every farmer and grower in Britain should have the opportunity to provide low-carbon energy services alongside their traditional roles in food production, a major conference will hear today. Dr Jonathan Scurlock, the NFUs chief renewable energy adviser, will be one of the keynote speakers at On-Farm Energy Generation – a two day event at Stoneleigh […]
