Farming & Climate Fund Announces Its First Investments
The £3.5m SHAKE Climate Change Programme has announced its first three ventures to invest in.…
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Purple patch for blackcurrant farmers as Ribena owner invests in hunt for new climate-resilient varieties
Lucozade Ribena Suntory (LRS) has invested over half a million pounds in a five-year project…
Scientists breed designer wheat for whisky distillers
A team of scientists from Rothamsted Research have bred a type of wheat specifically to…
Superior OSR crop health in Scotland, Wales and western England suggests industry project
In a collaborative project, called OSR EyeQ, between BASF and ADAS, the health of this…
Cover crop costs calculated by AHDB research
Cover crop strategies – designed to protect margins, capitalise on farm payments and maximise environmental…
Rothamsted study looking to harvest combine data to tackle field-edge yield declines
Rothamsted scientists are assessing whether flower-rich margins, hedgerows or tree lines are helping improve yield…
UK crop scientists benefit from next generation research computing platform
A High-Performance Computing (HPC) platform that will increase the pace of crop science and climate…
Change needed if we are to grow more from less
A round table discussion concluded that the agricultural industry needs to change, as some of…
Exeter researchers discover a novel chemistry to protect our crops from fungal disease
A consortium of researchers from the University of Exeter, led by Professor Gero Steinberg, combined their…
ICL Boulby polyhalite crop trials ‘showing great promise’
Paul Hogarth, who runs Overdale Farm near Whitby, is undertaking crop trials to test the…