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Feasible business strategies to reduce boar taint
Reduction effects of modified feed and immunocastration on the prevention of boar taint
Legumes are getting off the ground in Flanders
Great enthusiasm to grow, process and eat them, those are the conclusions after the sector meeting about legumes.
Alternative proteins for use in a wider range of food products?
In the Food Pilot in Melle, Flemish Minister of Agriculture and Food Hilde Crevits inaugurated the 'high moisture extruder'.
Not only the variety but also the 'terroir' of hops determines the taste, aroma and mouthfeel of beer
For the first time it has been shown that the 'terroir' of hops - the combination of environmental factors and cultivation technique - can have an impact on the 'flavour'
Improved methodology for detection of antibiotic residues in milk and meat
ILVO and Ghent University have set up an analytical method for antibiotic residues in milk and meat matrices that are faster, cheaper, and at least as easy and reliable than what already exists.
ILVO, HOGENT, TRIAS and Peruvian farmers and researchers join forces around potato “TUNTAS”
ILVO, HOGENT and TRIAS are hosting a Peruvian delegation to the Food Pilot to get the production of so-called “tuntas” in a small cooperative factory in the Andes.
Local malting barley grown in Flanders? ILVO and Brouwerij Huyghe start an agricultural experiment
ILVO and Brewery Huyghe from Melle have just signed a Collaboration Agreement on the local cultivation of barley for malting.
New tools for research into biofilms: sources of contamination can now be detected and dealt with faster
Undesirable bacteria present in biofilms can possibly be suppressed by placing harmless biofilm formers next to them.