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Low energy kelp biostimulant moves closer to commercialisation

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The ‘Optimising low energy extraction of kelp for soil and livestock nutrition’ project (or Low Energy Kelp), is closer to commercialisation after exceeding its initial targets in controlled field trials. Funded by Innovate UK, the aim is to optimise low-energy processing of cultivated kelp to create a liquid biostimulant and animal feed supplement. Algapelago Marine Limited (lead partner), a farming-led seaweed biotech business operating an offshore seaweed farm, collaborated with Rothamsted Research and the UK Agri-Tech Centre to demonstrate the efficacy of these products under abiotic stress conditions. Interest is growing in the use of seaweed-derived biostimulants as they are…