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2024

11.12.2024

Feeding Pigs According to Their Nutrient Requirements Reduces Nutrient Losses
The protein and phosphorus requirements of pigs change according to life phase. Optimised phase feeding can improve nutrient efficiency and reduce the import of feedstuffs. New Agroscope factsheets highlight how this can be achieved and examine trade-offs.

04.12.2024

Site-Specific Fertilisation Ensures Yields and Reduces Nitrogen Surpluses.
Further information is available in the following languages:
German, French, Italian.

27.11.2024

Nitrogen Fertilisation: Calculation Methods And Recommendations Vary in Europe
Differences of up to 100 kg nitrogen per hectare, depending on the country: fertilisation recommendations are not the same throughout Europe.

26.11.2024

Updated Recommendations for Berry Fertilisation
The principles of fertilisation (GRUD) are of great importance for agricultural practice and extension. Agroscope has now updated the module ‘Fertilisation of Berry Crops’.

21.11.2024

New Alliance for Viticulture, Fruit and Vegetable Growing
Agroscope as well as research and sectoral partners from Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland are signing a joint Memorandum of Understanding, thereby strengthening their cooperation for research and education in viticulture, fruit and vegetable growing.

21.11.2024

Science of Fungi in Grapevine: New Open Sccess Book
The reference book on fungal diseases of the grapevine has been comprehensively updated. It is currently available in English free of charge through open access.

18.11.2024

Asiatic Knotweeds: Also a Threat to Agriculture
Asiatic knotweeds are exotic invasive plants and represent a threat to agricultural production and biodiversity. The ‘Neobiota’ Competence Centre in Cadenazzo (Canton of Ticino) has developed new knowledge to optimise control of these problematic rhizomatous species.

15.11.2024

Adapting Fruit and Berry Cultures to Climate Change
Further information is available in the following languages:
German, French, Italian.

14.11.2024

Report on the Nutrient Balance of Swiss Agriculture
The annual nutrient balance report produced by Agroscope on behalf of the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture highlights the nitrogen and phosphorus surplus trends from 1975 to 2022. Since the 2014/2016 period these surpluses have fallen by almost 10%.

08.11.2024

Sheep and Goats Feed Selectively
Dairy sheep and goats pick their favourite components out of mixed rations, thereby substantially altering the composition of the feed within a short space of time. This makes the use of mixed rations for small ruminants challenging.

04.11.2024

AI and Automation in the Agriculture and Food Sector
At the Agro-Food Innovation Forum on Thursday 28 November, the ‘SF Institute for Intelligent Systems and Smart Farming of the OST University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland will be officially welcomed as the new Agroscope partner at the Tänikon site, including the Living Lab.

24.10.2024

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.

18.10.2024

Principles of Fertilisation in Transition
The Swiss fertilisation recommendations have developed impressively: from a simple application table in 1938 to comprehensive recommendations for all crops in 2017. Digitalisation is opening up new challenges and opportunities.

15.10.2024

Support Association for Swiss Plant Breeding Center Founded
The ‘Swiss Plant Breeding Center’ SPBC – the network for Swiss stakeholders in the plant breeding and breeding research sectors – now has recourse to a support association. Together with the SPBC, the association aims to promote knowledge sharing and the use of new methods in applied plant breeding.

14.10.2024

Emmentaler Dolce – a Young Cheese with Bags of Flavour
Together with the Emmentaler variety organisation, Agroscope has developed the scientific bases for a new recipe for an Emmentaler-type cheese boasting more flavour and a more supple curd with a short ripening period. This potentially makes it a competitive alternative to popular non-Swiss large-eyed cheeses.

12.10.2024

Agroscope launches WhatsApp channel to inform practitioners
Aimed at agricultural practitioners, the information is shared on our WhatsApp channels 'Agroscope_fr' (French) and 'Agroscope_de' (German).

11.10.2024

Successful Monitoring of a Vegetable Pest
The cotton bollworm is an invasive pest in vegetable crops. In 2024, Agroscope and partners have launched a national monitoring programme to detect the occurrence of the pest at an early stage, optimise the use of insecticides and avoid higher yield losses.

10.10.2024

A Possible New Disease of Franches-Montagnes Horses
Agroscope is supporting a research project conducted by the Vetsuisse Faculty of the University of Bern that aims to develop a test capable of identifying Franches-Montagnes horses that have a specific genetic defect. This defect could be responsible for a potentially incurable metabolic disease.

07.10.2024

Flower Diversity Protects Wild Bees from Virus Transmission
An article recently published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution investigated the risk of virus transmission from honeybees to wild pollinators and between different wild pollinator species.

03.10.2024

A Thumbs up for Raw Milk Products
The knowledge and skills needed to produce safe, high-quality raw milk products already exists. A new Agroscope publication explains how. It summarises the key findings of last year’s conference of the FACEnetwork, a European network of farmhouse and artisan cheese and dairy producers.

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