Funding for farmer-led trials confirmed
The long-awaited ADOPT fund will launch this spring, but the government has not confirmed if…
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Help needed for ecoacoustic soil study
Agronomists and farmers are required to help out in a Defra-funded study looking at how…
Improved access to plant genetic resources to drive crop innovation
The genetic resources behind some of the most important plant traits driving agricultural crop production…
Possible ‘serious overestimate’ of carbon sequestration scientists warn
A group of leading researchers warn a “reality check” is needed after what they consider…
New approach to regulating precision bred products could unlock investment in crop genetic research
Crop science organisation NIAB has welcomed the progress made at the recent Food Standards Agency…
Results of on-farm wheat trials released by Bofin
Bofin (British On-Farm Innovation Network) has successfully supported a group of farmers in delivering an…
Is there wheat on Mars?
Could Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) be the key to growing wheat on Mars? Scientists are…
Researchers hope to unlock secrets of ancient Shetland barley
Researchers at the James Hutton Institute in Dundee are hoping to unlock the secrets of…
New Green Revolution gene discovery sows hope of drought resilient wheat
Reduced height, or semi-dwarf, wheat varieties with improved drought resilience may soon be grown in…
No laughing matter – nitrous oxide emissions are higher from soils lacking organic matter
Emissions from soil of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide can be drastically reduced just…