The Institute for
Agricultural and Environmental Research, Bioforsk, is a research institute with
expert knowledge at a high international level within agriculture, food
production, plant health, environment and resource management. Bioforsk focuses
on research based innovation with sustainability being the basis for all work
carried out at Bioforsk. The institute consists of seven research centers with
approx. 450 employees and divisions throughout the country. Bioforsk,
hereinafter called the Employer, is organized as an administrative body with
special authorization under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food (MAF).
Bioforsk
Agriculture and Rural Development at Apelsvoll will be acquiring a Grain
Counter and Thousand Seed Weight Analyser. The equipment will be used to
analyse cereal (wheat, barley, rye, oats, triticale), oilseed (rapseseed,
camelina and flax) and pulse (peas and faba beans) seeds. Accurate analysis is
essential for the identification of differences between experimental factors,
such as cultivar and management strategies, as well as providing key
information for the calculation of seeding rate.