FOSS announces new few analyser

NIRS DS2500

The new NIRS DS2500 feed analyser from FOSS, this new machine is the next logical step in high performance infrared analysis. It can give an accurate analysis in under a minute for a range of parameters. This new machine empowers the feed miller in handling intake and product quality.


It is also compatible with other NIR analysis solutions, it is robust and easy to use in the laboratory or feed mill. It’s easy to get started using the NIRS DS2500 as every instrument that leaves the factory is hardware standardised. Light intensity, bandwidth and wavelength precision are thoroughly controlled in production to ensure complete consistency between instruments. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers

Infrared spectroscopy can help crop rotation

Infrared spectroscopy can quickly spot beneficial fungi on roots in soil, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) soil scientist Francisco Calderon. The ability to quickly analyze field soils for these beneficial fungi, called mycorrhizae, would allow scientists to judge which crop rotations or other farming practices increase mycorrhizal fungi. This is important nationwide to improve crop yields, and especially critical in semi-arid areas like the Central Great Plains.

The scientists measured the reflectance of infrared light from dried, powdered carrot root samples. They found that the cell wall chitin and fatty acids in mychorrhizal fungi have distinct spectral signatures, absorbing infrared at wavelengths different than standard chitin and fatty acid samples and different than non-mychorrhizal root samples. Read more...

This research was published in the Journal of Applied Spectroscopy.


This blog is written by Martin Little The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine from Perendale Publishers.