Livestock

Oxitec, a developer of biological solutions to control pests that transmit disease, destroy crops and harm livestock, has announced that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a grant for a feasibility project to develop an Oxitec self-limiting solution for the disease-spreading cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus

Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in nutrition, health and sustainable Living, has launched Sustell - a first-of-its-kind intelligent sustainability service that delivers accurate, simple, and actionable farm-level solutions - to improve the environmental footprint and profitability of animal protein production

Evonik has developed science-based system solutions for the gut health of broiler chickens, laying hens and weaned to growing-finishing pigs

East Africa poultry company Uzima Poultry has received a US$3mn follow-on investment to increase food security and improve livelihoods for smallholder farmers East Africa