Agri-Business
Hands Free Hectare to expand to 35ha site
The UK’s award-winning Hands Free Hectare project has received funding from Innovate UK to create a whole hands-free farm. The...
Agricultural research
Arable
AHDB launches £300,000 drive to control downy mildew and blight
AHDB has launched a three-year research programme to revolutionise understanding and improve the control of downy mildew and late blight...
Agri-Business
Defra launches science research programme to inform policy-making
A new Systems Research Programme will look at some of the UK’s most pressing environmental issues to inform and shape...
Agri-Business
UK salad trial aims for year-round growth
Baby leaf greens may be grown in the UK all year round thanks to a collaborative project involving Harper Adams...
Agri-Business
Agricultural research farms to host first ever open day
Farmers are being invited to “peak over the hedge” into an operational research farm and have their say on where...
Arable
Understanding how Fungi 'tastes' wheat could hold key to controlling crop disease
Research at Rothamsted has examined how fungal cell surface receptors – which work a bit like the taste receptors on...
Rural Life
New president appointed to British Society of Animal Science
The head of research at Scotland’s Rural College has been appointed president of the British Society of Animal Science (BSAS)....
Agri-Business
Dale Farm CEO: 'The UK must feed its own people'
The UK government must pay serious attention to the issue of food security, according to Dale Farm Group CEO Nick...
Arable
UK aphid project on the agenda of prestigious society
Final year Agriculture student Dan Hawes is to have his work on an important aphid crop pest presented at the...
Agri-Business
UK ag college to use facial recognition technology to gauge pigs' emotions
A UK agricultural college is set to use state-of-the-art facial recognition technology in an attempt to detect different emotional states...
Arable
Research finds ergot alkaloids can move from infected to ‘clean’ grain
Ergot alkaloids can move within cereal ears to otherwise ‘clean’ grain, according to new research published by AHDB. The report...
Agri-Business
Scientists findings suggest daffodils could replace antibiotics in feed
As St. David’s Day passes for another year, the national flower of Wales – the daffodil – is at the centre...
Agri-Business
Survey to gauge public opinion on gene-edited meat
Researchers in Scotland have launched a survey to gauge the public’s views on the use of gene editing in animals....
Pig/Poultry
Scottish pig industry unites to eradicate endemic disease
Scottish pig producers, vets, pharmaceutical companies, pig specialists and industry bodies are working together to try to develop a strategy...
Arable
Surprise findings turn up the temperature on the study of vernalisation
New evidence has emerged about the agriculturally important process of vernalisation in a development that could help farmers deal with...
Agri-Business
RAU research boosted by £2 million donation
Research into the profitability of growing soybean as a low-carbon crop and pests in oilseed rape are among several RAU...
Arable
Could underground farms be the polytunnels of the future
University of Nottingham academics are exploring a new concept for underground farms as an alternative approach to large-scale crop production,...
Agri-Business
Could the ration of the future see your cows chow down...on insects?
We’ve all heard claims insects could be on the menu in the future – but could crawlies could make it...
