6 November 2017 Aberystwyth research leads way in addressing protein feed requirements Aberystwyth University plant scientists are playing a leading role in new research into breeding forage…
4 November 2017 Genetically modified potato comes through first year of trials A genetically improved potato designed to have resistance to a devastating global plant disease has…
2 November 2017 Want to know about wheat? Wheat innovators come together again this month to share news of their latest research and…
26 September 2017 Spotlight on ‘partnership power’ at the 2017 Agronomists’ Conference The 2017 AHDB Agronomists’ Conference will look to strengthen the UK’s ‘partnership culture’ to deliver…
12 September 2017 New smart fertiliser developed Scientists of the Siberian Federal University and Krasnoyarsk scientific centre (KSC) of SB RAS have…
8 September 2017 Leaf sensors can tell when crop needs to be irrigated Plant-based sensors that measure the thickness and electrical capacitance of leaves show great promise for…
17 July 2017 BASF and Kaiima announce collaboration to identify novel herbicide resistance traits BASF and Kaiima Bio-Agritech, a genetics and breeding technology company, have announced a collaboration to…
26 May 2017 Bayer hosts Young Innovators Forum at local research farm Twenty early-career researchers, agronomists and farmers have visited Bayer’s Chishill Research Farm as part of…
18 May 2017 Why did hunter-gatherers first begin farming? Researchers from the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures at the University of Sheffield have shed…
18 May 2017 Climate change to reduce wheat yields by as much as a third, new model suggests Climate change will likely cause wheat and barley yields to decline by 17 to 33…