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New Cheese Ripening Method: Dairies and Textile Firms Take the Lead

The scientific issues concerning the new cheese ripening method have been resolved and a textile has been developed that meets all the requirements. Together with the industry, it was decided that the cheese dairies and textile companies would take implementation forward from this point.

Environment

Unkrautbekämpfung

Reducing tillage and herbicide use: can weed-induced crop yield losses be limited?

Integrated weed management with reduced tillage and reduced herbicide inputs can successfully control weeds in wheat and prevent yield loss.

Swiss Agricultural Research

Food Waste

Information Framing Makes Visually Suboptimal Potatoes more Appealing

Large quantities of potatoes are rejected due to visual defects. For this reason, Agroscope researchers investigated how consumers can be motivated to purchase visually suboptimal potatoes.

Swiss Agricultural Research

18.10.2024

Principles of Fertilisation in Transition

16.10.2024

The DNA of Franches-Montagnes Horses Reveals the Origin of the Breed

15.10.2024

Support Association for Swiss Plant Breeding Center Founded

15.10.2024

Timothy and Meadow Fescue: One New Recommendation, One New Candidate

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Plant protection, variety breeding and testing, optimisation of cultivation techniques - for agroecological production systems

Qualitative and sensorial analyses of foodstuffs for a high-quality, healthy diet and safe food.

Research on bees, horses, pigs and ruminants as well as official inspection of their feed - for economic and animal-friendly husbandry.

Research for an agricultural sector that preserves biodiversity as well as soil, air and water quality against the backdrop of climate change.

Socioeconomic analyses of agricultural labour, income monitoring, digitisation and smart farming – for an economic and socially sustainable agriculture.

Virtual or physical stations where researchers and practitioners together work together in co-creation to develop solutions for a sustainable agricultural sector.

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Preventing Broad-Leaved Dock Infestation

Broad-leaved dock crowds out forage plants, reduces forage quality and quantity, and has a high potential for spreading via rhizomes and seeds. There are, however, several preventive measures that can be taken to rein in this weed.

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PhytoPRE

Decision support system to control late blight in integrated as well as organic potato production.

Agrometeo

Agrometeo

Agrometeo is a platform that summarises information and decision-support tools for the optimised application of plant protection measures in agriculture.

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Umwelt

SALCA Method Updated for more Accurate, Flexible and Comparable Environmental Assessments

The SALCA life cycle assessment method was comprehensively updated in light of new needs, systematically documented and reviewed by external specialists. This will allow a wide range of research issues in the agriculture and food sector to be addressed.

Agrarforschung Online

Swiss Agricultural Research

Swiss Agricultural Research publishes Swiss agriculture and food sector research findings online. This open-access journal is published by Agroscope. Additional partners are the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, the School of Agricultural, Forestry and Food Sciences HAFL and the AGRIDEA advisory centres.

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