Adama has launched a new slug pellet which uses the company’s novel molluscicide active ingredient, feralla. Approved for use on all cereal, vegetable, grass ley and high value broad-field crops, Ferrabait slug pellets contain a formulation of 12 ingredients including high-quality wheat flours and humic acids with 1% w/w feralla (elemental iron), which is toxic to slugs and causes rapid cessation of feeding. Adama’s product development area manager Catherine Whaley, claims the new active is optimised for both palatability and persistence with its wet processing and two-stage drying technology, Desidro. It helps iron solubilise in the stomach and the hepatopancreas,…