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Red clover, a health benefit in milk!
Increasing the milk equol content by feeding silage rich in red clover significantly improves milk quality.
Forest soil Phytophthora, a world to be explored
For a long time considered to be fungi because of morphological similarities, Phytophthora nevertheless have a very different biology with an as yet relatively unknown diversity, particularly...
A new stress factor in honey bees
Within the framework of the Maya Plan, a study was conducted by CRA-W and CARI (Centre Apicole de Recherche et d’Information) at Walloon apiaries to investigate two potential factors...
Should entire male pigs be housed in mixed fattening stalls?
Live surgical castration of piglets is routinely carried out on European farms. It is a means of preventing undesirable boar taint in pork meat. However, the practice is now being...
CRAW info n° 43
Autumn 2014
Traceability and Authentication of the tomorrow’s products
In the framework of the ASSET 2014 conference on food integrity and traceability, CRA-W gave talks and presented posters about its expertise in vibrational spectroscopy for monitoring...
CRAW info n° 42
Spring 2014
Full speed ahead for Walloon potatoes
CRA-W’s potato breeding programme forged ahead in 2013 with the start of a research project, an application to register a clone in the Belgian catalogue and the close involvement of...
Oilseed rape growing with no pollen beetles and no insecticide - utopia or reality?
Of all the crops grown in Wallonia, Oilseed rape is one of the biggest insecticide consumers. There may be alternative solutions!