A new Agroscope factsheet offers tips on how to support ground-nesting wild bees on one’s own farm with relatively little effort. This will help boost the populations of the primary insect pollinators of agricultural crops.
A recent study shows that the risk of exposure during activities involving seeds treated with plant protection products is not always properly understood. Information provided to agricultural professionals should be improved.
Imports from abroad were incorporated into Switzerland’s farm-gate-budget-based agricultural nutrient budget calculation to expand it into a food-system budget. This allows assessment of self-sufficiency, nutrient use and circularity to be assessed in addition to nutrient surpluses.
With the passage of time, crop yield losses can occur on no-till farmland. Researchers from Agroscope and the Universities of Graz and Nevada demonstrated how subsoil compaction can lead to yield losses.
Being part of an extensive network creates opportunities to make significant advances in research. The aim is to develop solutions to better quantify and manage nitrogen fluxes in agricultural soils.
Agroscope’s New Work Programme 2026-2029 Places a Greater Focus on Impact and Practical Benefits. Areas such as plant protection, plant breeding, climate-change adaptation and economic efficiency will also be strengthened.
Preservation measures are necessary for the genetic diversity of the Franches-Montagnes horse, Switzerland’s last remaining native horse breed. Newly published recommendations from Agroscope indicate how the assessment of morphological traits and the breeding goal can be further refined and lists measures against the rising inbreeding rate.
An Agroscope study shows that breeding cultivar mixtures is an effective strategy for mitigating the effects of changing abiotic conditions and maintaining stable wheat quality.
The List of Plant-Protection Products for Berry Production is available online for free download. It contains the names of the plant-protection products permitted in PEP with their active ingredients, commercial names, target organisms and dosages.
A study conducted by Agroscope and ETH Zurich surveyed the opinions of both farmers and the rest of the population with respect to agricultural policy goals, revealing both shared and divergent views.
