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Maintain field drainage to minimise the risk of crop failure due to waterlogging 27 Aug 2013 | 01:07 pm
Author Name: Robin Hodgkinson, ADAS Total output from the UK harvest in 2013 looks set to be the lower than in recent years as a consequence of the extremely wet autumn and early winter period last....
Controlling Johne’s Disease 27 Aug 2013 | 12:12 pm
Author Name: Charles Harrison, Nuffield Farming Scholarship Farmers must be proactive in the debate on Johne's Disease control, before the agenda is dictated to them. Education must be ongoing with....
£160 million investment in the Agri-Tech sector An opportunity for you to participate 23 Aug 2013 | 03:27 pm
Author Name: HM Government An important theme of the UK Strategy for agricultural technologies (link below) is the gap in translating high quality agricultural research into practical applications.....
Plants Communicate with Help of Fungi 23 Aug 2013 | 10:43 am
Author Name: Rothamsted Reseach Symbiotic fungi on the roots of bean plants can act as an underground signaling network, transmitting early warnings of impending aphid attacks. Plants can warn each....
Current status of soils and responsiveness of wheat to micronutrient applications 23 Aug 2013 | 10:24 am
Author Name: NIAB TAG, Rothamsted and Hill Farm Research Most micronutrient trials in the UK were performed when winter wheat yields were less than half those achieved now. Recent publications sugg....
Triticale outyields wheat: why not grow it? 22 Aug 2013 | 07:57 pm
Author Name: Daniel Kindred, ADAS ADAS projects have shown that triticale consistently outyields wheat in field trials, by 13% as a second cereal. So why doesn’t the industry grow more of it? A pro....
UK & USA scientists collaborate to design crops of the future 22 Aug 2013 | 04:17 pm
Author Name: BBSRC ed Alan Spedding $8.86M of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and US National Science Foundation (NSF) funding has been awarded to generate new approa....
Confused over blackgrass 22 Aug 2013 | 03:45 pm
Author Name: Jim Orson, NIAB TAG, Orson's Oracle A number of farmers have confessed to me that they are confused over the best approach to take to control black-grass. After reading many articles i....
Cricket protein bar maker seeks to ‘normalize the consumption of insects’ 22 Aug 2013 | 10:04 am
Author Name: Food Navigator Two young entrepreneurs have developed a high protein bar using crickets that they say have superior nutritional qualities and can go a long way in making insect consump....
Cut grass smell is key to healthier dairy products 21 Aug 2013 | 07:42 pm
Author Name: BBSRC ed Alan Spedding Dairy products could contain a higher proportion of healthy omega-3 fats all year round, thanks to a discovery reported in the Society for Applied Microbiology's....
