Alltech Crop Science acquired Spanish-based company Ideagro. This partnership joins two platforms to accelerate soil and crop research, and enhance biological and other microorganism-based offerings to Alltech Crop Science customers throughout the world.

“This is the strengthening of a longstanding partnership. We have worked closely with the Ideagro team since their founding 11 years ago,” said Andy Thomas, CEO of Alltech Crop Science.

Ideagro is a specialist in agri-food research and development with a team of more than 20 scientists. It is committed to improving the productivity and profitability of agricultural systems. The company has state-of-the-art laboratories and experimental research stations and fields for carrying out trials in Spain. To date, the company has researched more than 90 different crops and performed more than 10,000 physicochemical and biological analyses. This has led to the development of new agricultural strategies based on microorganisms.

Ideagro’s three laboratories are fully equipped with the latest technologies to focus on nutraceuticals, phytopathology, research and development and molecular biology. Part of its services includes mycotoxin analyses. With more than 15,000 analyses carried out to date, Ideagro can identify and quantify the risks of aflatoxin B1, fumonisins, zearalenone and deoxynivalenol trichothecenes and T2 toxin. It provides monthly data on mycotoxin contamination in animal feed and the main crops of the Spanish and European markets.

“The combination of the Ideagro expertise with the reach and scale of Alltech will allow us to extend world-leading understanding of the interface between soil, crop, animal and human health to the global market,” said Andy Thomas, CEO of Alltech Crop Science. “The potential implications of these insights cannot be understated as we endeavor to improve the vitality of our global food system, from the ground up.”