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Pheromones, used by insects for communication, can be used to lure and trap pests. PheroSyn, a spin-out from Rothamsted Research, has been awarded an Innovate UK grant (£200k) to develop the supply chain for a new set of insect pheromones to tackle midges and weevils. It is working with PGRO on these major pests of beans.
Smart irrigation resulted in a 7% increase in the yield of strawberries following commercial trial of a precision irrigation packaged by NIAB EMR with Delta-T Devices.
30MHz wireless sensors assess how happy the crop is from crop level environmental conditions, including actual leaf and stem metrics.
Skippy Scout is currently ten times faster than traditional crop walking methods, says Jack Wrangham, founder of Drone AG
Insect pheromones used in nature for communication are to be engineered synthetically to produce powerful crop protection tools.
Biocleave uses a benign soil bacterium, Clostridium, as a micro-factory to create recombinant proteins such as enzymes, for use in the production of biopesticides.
Clever cultivation can mean anything from not cultivating at all to subsoiling or ploughing where necessary.” says Ian Robertson, head of soil health at Hutchinsons. “As a general rule, never cultivate at the same depth every year and make sure whatever you do delivers what the soil actually needs.”
A pest trap that uses image recognition to identify pests and beneficial insects is to be developed through a collaboration between BASF Digital Farming and Pessl Instruments. The two organisations have signed an agreement to collaborate globally on R&D activities to improve pest management in fruits and vegetables.
Antobot raises £1.2m for development of its fruit scouting robot, the company presented in the Start-Up Showcase REAP 2020
Hear about development of an improved diagnostic for bTB and Johne’s Disease on 6th July
The UK’s first factory to convert potatoes into functional protein for vegetarian and vegan foods is being made possible following the development of a new extraction process by B-hive Innovations in collaboration with potato suppliers Branston
The world’s first ‘per plant weeding’ service has been demonstrated by the Small Robot Company (SRC). Its first customer is the Lockerley Estate, where robots are a key part of a regenerative farming strategy.
Reforms would unlock the economic potential of CBD production for UK farmers, says George McBride of Hanway