Cawood is sponsoring the Farmers Weekly Transition project, an initiative designed to help farmers shift to sustainable farming practices.
Aimed at securing a sustainable future for agriculture and farming businesses throughout the UK, Farmers Weekly have launched a podcast examining environmentally-friendly and sustainable farming methods and how to remain successful. A series of expert webinars and regular news roundups including Transition Specials are also available to help farmers stay up-to-date with the latest news and take advantage of the knowledge that has been pooled together by the industry.
‘At Cawood, we help our customers thrive,’ said Simon Parrington, Group CEO of Cawood. ‘In agriculture, we are in a unique position to protect the environment and even help it prosper by adopting sustainable farming practices and sequestering carbon. Farmers Weekly is doing a fantastic job in helping farmers learn how to do this properly while supporting their own businesses. We are proud to be a sponsor, not just to benefit the agricultural industry but to play our part in supporting a safer, healthier planet.”
The series of webinars, called The Transition Summit, is being run throughout the next few months to answer as many questions as possible. Topics include how to start the sustainable farming journey, the road to net zero, how to benefit from biodiversity, and how to remain productive and successful.
Not only will these resources help farming businesses stay resilient in an ever-changing climate and evolving consumer expectations, but they will also help protect the environment through improving biodiversity, maintaining air and water quality, and storing carbon.
The next session is on Thursday 18th November. For more information on the project or to view all sessions, visit their website.
Sciantec is adding multi-residue pesticide analysis to its scope of UKAS accredited analysis services. This service, which tests foodstuff and feedingstuff commodities bound for food, feed, and drink for pesticide residues, not only broadens the division’s already extensive capabilities, but also satisfies the EU’s legislation for undesirable substances in feedingstuffs.
‘This new test is very exciting for us as we can now test all commodities bound for food, feed and drink in-house in a fully comprehensive service,’ said David Elo, Technical Commercial Manager (Contaminants) the Cawood Group. ‘The accreditation also allows us to be recognised worldwide for our competency in testing the safety of commodities such as soya, wheat, oils and fats, fishmeal, feeds, premixes and feedingstuffs for pesticide levels, which gives us a comprehensive contaminants package for our customer base.’
Sciantec’s latest investment in GC/MS triple quadrupole technology has enabled them to quantify hundreds of pesticide residues in lots of commodities from overseas trading companies and food/feed producers. This ensures they meet stringent UK and EU requirements and keeps the commodities that we consume as free from contaminants as possible to not pose a risk to human health.
‘Monitored food and feed production and protecting the food chain are key to providing both human and animal health and safety,’ continued David. ‘As adverse effects from pesticides and other contaminants only occur above maximum permitted levels of exposure, we are proud to play a crucial role in ensuring all the commodities that are bound for the food chain are safe for consumption.’
For more details on our pesticide residue testing services, contact us.