Great new ideas
that producers want to test out on farm are pitched to us every month, with
more and more people applying for a BPEX Innovation Fund grant.
The successful
applicants get a cash boost from the Fund and practical help from the knowledge
transfer team.
Then we ask
the producers who benefit from these grants to tell fellow producers about
their experience. It helps everyone in the industry decide which new ideas are
actually worth investing in.
The range
of new systems and technologies producers are trying out include a ‘real-time’
pig weighing system, electronic sow feeders (ESF) for outdoor sows and a water
treatment system.
The
Innovation Fund is designed to help lower the risk to producers of introducing
novel techniques into the English pig industry – and help enhance pig
performance more rapidly as part of the Two-Tonne Sow campaign.
Click
here to read about the current on-farm projects.
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