Field Science was formed in 2000 and became a limited company in 2002. The main focus at the outset was to improve animal welfare standards in UK livestock. The company was aware that agricultural soils had become so depleted of essential mineral nutrients that most animals lost condition and many would die without the minerals that had become essential dietary supplements. The principal causes were the intensification of agricultural production over the years, involving the use of more and more fertilisers and agrochemicals to produce bigger and bigger yields. This has resulted in soils all over the world being ‘sucked dry’ of mineral nutrients.
