New leadership for horticultural R&D organisation NIAB EMR
UK crop research organisation NIAB has appointed Professor Mario Caccamo as Managing Director of NIAB…
Monthly Archives: January, 2017
Small changes make a big difference at SPot Farm East results day
Results from the first year at Elveden Farms, Strategic Potato Farm (SPot) East were revealed…
Survey highlights trends in performance and operation of Contract Farming Agreements
The drop in the value of the pound since the EU referendum vote may have…
Farming for free
Farmers at the Leicester Monitor Farm meeting on 10 January were encouraged to make the…
Wheat virus crosses over, harms native grasses
Once upon a time, it was thought that crop diseases affected only crops. New research…
US university addresses gap between research and practice in sustainable agriculture
Michigan State University-led research has found a big difference in the yields produced by alternative…
JIC spin-off Leaf Systems opened by Science Minister Jo Johnson
Leaf Systems International Ltd, a spin out company built on the world-leading UK bioscience research…
Innovate, regulate and monitor for a profitable arable future
Managing for pesticide resistance, a future without neonicotinoids, a possible pregnancy style test for black-grass,…
US biodiesel industry aims to build on successes of 2016
The closing session of the this week’s National Biodiesel Conference & Expo provided an opportunity…
Harvests in the US to suffer from climate change
Some of the most important crops risk substantial damage from rising temperatures. To better assess…