Farming Innovation Investor Partnerships: helping new solutions reach farms

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Photograph of a small, gray, porous pellet resting on bright green moss with scattered dry leaves and grass around.

Through the Farming Innovation Investor Partnerships competition, 12 projects are expected to secure more than £40 million in private investment to help bring agri-tech innovations to market. A further competition will open next month.

Making our funded vet visits work better for pig farmers

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Several piglets with brown coats and dark spots are feeding from a sow while lying on straw bedding.

Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) testing is a required part of the animal health and welfare review for pigs. From 22 January, vets will be able to use blood samples as an alternative to oral fluid samples, making it easier for pig farmers to take part in the review.