Chloe Cragg

Fruit Focus 2019

Join us on stand 30 at Fruit Focus 2019,

East Malling Research Centre, Kent

Attracting an increasing number of visitors year on year, Fruit Focus brings together more than 1,200 growers and industry professionals. Over 115 leading suppliers exhibit at Fruit Focus. It showcases all aspects of agronomy, machinery and equipment, business information, pre and post-harvest technology, and marketing. Fruit Focus provides a unique opportunity to update on the latest technologies and industry developments, exchange views and network with fellow producers. As well as soft and orchard fruit, vines also feature at Fruit Focus.

Fera's Plant Clinic experts will be on hand at this year’s event to discuss our range of crop health services including, the newly launched Vine Spore Monitoring ServiceCrop TestingNematology Testing and the Big Soil Community.

Protecting sustainable wine production

Vines are vulnerable to infection from fungal plant pathogens such as botrytis and mildew throughout an extensive growing season. If not controlled correctly they can be highly destructive and a persistent problem year upon year. Help protect your vines from these highly destructive pathogens using Fera’s Vine Spore Monitoring Service, which can;


  • Notify you when spores have been airborne in your vineyard

  • Support a more targeted approach to the timing and selection of fungicide applications

  • Reduce costs and promote sustainable wine production

  • Maximise product efficacy and reduce resistance build up

  • Increase grape yield and quality

Plus, at this year's event Guy Thallon, Strategic Business Development Manager at Fera Science, will be discussing the Big Soil Community project and our insights into the state of UK soil, and what that means for you and the future of your crop health. Don't miss it and join him in the NFU Fruit Forum theatre at 15:30.

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Crop Testing

Crop Testing

Our leading expertise and outstanding facilities can help you understand and identify your agricultural challenges; helping you to deliver more economically and environmentally resilient farming solutions for the sustainable intensification of arable systems.

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Nematology Testing

Nematology Testing

Fera's team of nematode experts provide a unique free-living nematode identification service, and offers nematode detection and consultancy advice for all sectors of agriculture and horticulture potentially reducing yield loss.

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Big Soil Community

The complexity of soil biology is too great for individual farms and organisations to address. A collaborative effort is required to drive a coordinated approach to understanding the role of our soils microbial communities.

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IUPAC International Congress 2019

Your Vision, Our Expertise

Come and see us on stand 43 at IUPAC 2019

International Convention Centre, Ghent, Belgium

Partner with an industry leader for your Chemical Regulatory needs

For more than 60 years, crop health experts have been sharing their expertise and discussing emerging issues of global significance in agriculture at the IUPAC conferences. For the first time ever, the 14th International IUPAC Conference of Crop Protection will be a conjoined event with the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA) and the International Symposium of Crop Protection (ISCP). The overall conference theme will be 'Crop Protection: Education of the Future Generation', view the event programme here


Join Fera Science on stand 43 where we will be discussing our wide range of chemical regulatory services available including, Terrestrial Ecotoxicology, Bee Ecotoxicology, Aquatic Ecotoxicology and Regulatory Risk Assessments. So, if you are planning to attend this event, we hope that you will come along to stand 43 and meet the Fera team


Andrew McEwen, Strategic Business Development at Fera Science, will be presenting his poster on Monday 20th May, poster topic 8,  titled 'Use of MALDI imaging to assess the distribution of pesticides in the honeybee'. Don't miss it - register for your place at IUPAC 2019 today.


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Aquatic Ecotoxicology

Aquatic Ecotoxicology

Fera offers a full package of studies to GLP on aquatic non-target organisms, on microorganisms and ready biodegradability tests.

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Terrestrial Ecotoxicology

Fera offers a wide range of standardised Phase I laboratory studies, aged residue tests as well as more complex higher tier studies.

Environmental Fate

Environmental Fate

Environmental fate studies are key to providing the data required by chemical companies to complete thorough environmental risk assessments (ERA).




Analytical Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

We have the expertise, personnel and equipment to provide clients with assistance in analytical method development in support of environmental toxicology studies, biotechnology, manufacturing support, compliant sample analysis, formulated product analysis, polymer analysis, analytical method validation to GLP requirements and surfactant analysis.

bee ecotoxicology

Bee Ecotoxicology

Fera has the research expertise and scientific resources to help you test products for their effects on pollinator survival, development and behaviour, enabling you to develop products that are safe for bees and other pollinators.

In Silico Predictive Toxicology

Predictive Toxicology

Regulations today allow scientifically valid QSAR models to be used to derive information on the intrinsic properties of chemical substances. That means they can be used to estimate the data required to comply with regulatory schemes for a range of applications, such as agrochemicals, cosmetics, human and animal medicines, food additives and industrial chemicals.


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Plant Health Recruitment

With the EU exit fast approaching Fera Science has been approached by the UK Government to provide additional plant diagnostics in preparation for the changing landscape, supporting them to continue to keep our borders free of disease and pests. We are therefore looking to recruit up to 11 diagnosticians.

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The Big Soil Community

Soil health has become widely recognised as an underpinning characteristic of sustainable agriculture. However, the biological component of soil remains poorly understood in an applied context and the complexity makes it too big of a challenge for one organisation or farm to address.

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Risks to winter oilseed rape

Act now to mitigate risks to your oilseed rape. Each year up to 76% of the oilseed rape crop is affected by cabbage stem flea beetle damage (CSFB). Growers also need to be monitoring crops for Turnip yellows virus (TuYV) as there is some evidence of populations emerging and therefore now a major threat to WOSR yields.

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ECOTOX Conference

The theme of the 18th International Fresenius ECOTOX Conference is "Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecotoxicology and Risk Management"

On Friday 30th November, Dr Rachel Benstead, Senior Aquatic Ecotoxicologist at Fera Science, will be presenting her abstract on the E-Flows mesocosm. Rachel will be focusing on:

  • The configuration and capabilities of the E-Flows Mesocosm

  • Validating the flow parameters in a large-scale flow-through mesocosm

  • Mixing, consistency and control of exposure profiles

  • Exposure endpoints – what do regulators need?


E-Flows is The Edge-of-Field Waterbody Safety Assessment Facility - The First Fully Flow-through Field Scale Mesocosm



mesocosm - outdoor experimental system of ponds and streams

CHAPs Edge-of-field Waterbody Safety Assessment Facility (E-Flows), supported by Innovate UK and developed, designed, managed & operated by Fera is to be a state of the art mesocosm providing a realistic test bed for higher tier regulatory risk assessment. The E-Flows mesocosm will be the first fully flow-through mesocosm exposure facility in Europe giving access to multiple fully flow-through streams at a field scale, which can safely receive compounds at the rates predicted to occur in the environment by models. The mesocosm will have the capability to perform controlled pulse doses for accurate realistic-to-worst-case exposures. It will have sufficient replication to reduce variation and produce reportable data against minimum detectable differences for statistical robustness and will be continuously supplied with high grade ground water, set in a high diversity wetland to ensure sufficient diversity and allow eco-recovery.



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Join us at EuroTier 2018

Join us on stand 02-B17 at EuroTier, 

Hanover, Germany


EuroTier is the world's leading trade fair for animal production. The vast e
xhibition programme includes breeding animals, breeding programmes, trade, reproduction technology, husbandry and feeding techniques, controlled environment and environment technology and much more! Register today.


Veterinary Medicine Residues Testing

We have many years of experience carrying out veterinary medicines testing, providing services across the food supply chain. Our aim is to understand and meet the demands of the customer and to assist with any upcoming and emerging issues.

Come and visit us at the CropTec Show

Come and see us on Stand 44, Hall 1 at The CropTec Show, 

East of England Showground, Peterborough

CropTec is the essential technical and business event for arable and mixed farmers, agronomists, business advisers, suppliers and scientists to challenge and discuss the best ways forward to remain profitable. As the UK’s leading technical and knowledge exchange event for the arable farming industry, this two-day show provides the ideal chance to explore ways to improve efficiency and reduce unit costs of production.

Through its unique combination of exhibitor stands, seminars and knowledge hubs, come to the CropTec show for an unmissable insight into new technology and cutting edge agronomy. Discuss best business practices with likeminded farmers and a wide range of relevant exhibitors. Join those who want to learn, invest in and implement strategies to combat the effects of the increasingly dynamic, uncertain and competitive world of global crop production. Discover how you can tackle the challenges that UK farmers are facing and the latest solutions to increasing yield, improving efficiency and reducing those all-important unit costs of production.

Visit us in Hall 1 at Stand 44 to learn more about our services including, our routine crop testing services, nematology testing, advanced CropMonitorTM technology and insect monitoring capabilities. You’ll also receive 10% discount on our Spraing test (test code VR00017) and our rapid direct tuber tests:

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CropMonitor™

CropMonitor™ offers monitoring and real time data to help you maximise yields and minimise waste. To identify risks to your crops, you need to understand the current geographic distribution of pathogens and pests and how they spread. Fera is in a unique position to collate and interpret this data, from a network of monitoring sites across the UK. All the latest data is disseminated online via CropMonitor™.

This essential data empowers you to make accurate decisions about when and where to use crop treatments, avoiding overuse and ensuring the treatment is appropriate to the current risk levels.

Fera and CHAP are pleased to announce that CropMonitor will be launching a new pest and disease risk forecasting service for potatoes in May. We are looking for volunteers to be part of a network of surveillance to report appearance of first symptoms in crops. Data will be collected from registered users via a mobile phone during the decision period for potato blight disease management. All data will be plotted in real-time on a map of the UK.

This new service is part of Fera’s CropMonitor platform with direct support from CHAP, is currently being extended and updated to form the core platform for a new national capability in decision support. The new service will deliver risk forecasts for pests and diseases of potato (launched in May), wheat, barley, oilseed rape using a bespoke weather monitoring network, national pest and disease surveillance data and advanced risk models.