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Integrated pest management can spread if the parties involved network more with each other. Photo: Colourbox

2016.09.22 |

Networking is the way to go

Sharing results and practical experience across borders is imperative for spreading integrated pest management in agriculture. Scientists from Aarhus University and other European scientists recommend three ways to improve networking.

A guided tour of AU’s different technology platforms for 170 visitors. A small group is shown here visiting the HTL facility, where Associate Professor Ib Johannsen explains ways of producing bio-oil from grass. Photo: Margrethe Balling Høstgaard

2016.09.22 |

European visitors expressed great enthusiasm for AU Foulum

Two hundred researchers and representatives from European companies got together for two days at Aarhus University (AU) in Foulum to establish the basis for collaboration in biorefining.

The disease deformed wing virus in bees can be transmitted when the bees mate, leading to colony collapse. Photo: Colourbox

2016.09.29 |

Queens, sex and colony collapse

Royal sex with multiple partners, venereal diseases and the collapse of colonies – welcome to the world of bees.

Farmed soil is under pressure from heavy agricultural machinery. Collaborative efforts between scientists, businesses and advisers aim to find solutions to the problem. Photo: Per Schjønning

2016.10.12 |

Machine design and crop choice can reduce soil compaction

Heavy agricultural machinery used to cultivate the soil, apply animal manure and harvest crops contributes to the degradation of farmland. Innovation in relation to technology and crops can help remedy this serious problem.