Agri-Business
UK agricultural university offers drones to disinfect Covid-19 hotspots
An English agricultural university has offered to deliver drone sprayer training to qualified emergency services drone pilots, to enable them...
Harper Adams
Sheep
Harper Adams University unveils new sheep feeding research centre
Harper Adams University has unveiled a new state-of-the-art sheep feeding unit, featuring equipment donated by Asda. The facility will allow...
Rural Life
Harper Adams announces 2019 honorary degree recipients
Four prominent individuals from the British and Irish agri-food sector have been selected for honorary degrees from Harper Adams University....
Agri-Business
Applications open for new veterinary pathway at Harper Adams
Harper Adams has created a new route for students who miss out on, or are not quite ready for vet...
Rural Life
Applications open for £5,000 Ag-science scholarship
Applications are now open for a prestigious £5,000 scholarship aimed at supporting Masters students studying Agricultural Sciences and Production Systems...
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...
Agri-Business
New Harper veterinary school appoints first head
A new English veterinary school, set up as a joint venture between Harper Adams and Keele University, has appointed its first...
Rural Life
Harper Adams leaps a huge 21 places in national league table
British agricultural university Harper Adams had managed to leapfrog a huge 21 places in one of the main national league...
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
Researchers analyse viability of Hands Free Hectare...but does it stack up?
An economic analysis of Hands Free Hectare is set to provide the first concrete evidence that crop robots will help...
Beef
'Grazed grass isn’t that environmentally friendly'
Grazed grass and other forage-based diets are more likely to lead to higher levels of greenhouse gas production, according to...
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...
Machinery
Autonomous farming is now a reality
Harper Adams’ engineering specialist Dr. Kit Franklin has told members of the Northern Ireland Institute of Agricultural Science (NIIAS) that...
Agri-Business
Top Harper students awarded scholarships
Poultry processor Moy Park has awarded top-performing Harper Adams students with scholarships as part of the British Poultry Council (BPC) Scholarship...
Agri-Business
New course to focus on adopting precision technology in agriculture
A new course developed and run at Harper Adams University, hopes to encourage farmers to adopt precision technology in their...
Rural Life
Full house for presentation by UK chief vet
The UK’s chief veterinary officer addressed a packed lecture theatre at Harper Adams University on Monday, January 21. During her...
Agri-Business
Green light for world leading agri-tech hub
A world leading agri-tech research and innovation hub is to be built in Newport – after permission was granted by...
Pig/Poultry
New ventilation system to help poultry welfare in hot weather
A prototype for a new poultry ventilation system created at Harper Adams University as part of a PhD project aims...
