Nine organisations, including Agri-TechE members Brown & Co and ADAS, have been awarded a share of the government’s £1 million Future Farming Resilience Funding. The projects will provide farmers with tailored on-farm advice to help them fully understand the changes ahead and to identify how to adapt their business models – through one-to-one advice on farms or group information workshops.
INNO-VEG is focussed on vegetables and potatoes it aims to facilitate the wider use of crop sensing technology in field trials, there will be a chance to talk to the UK lead partner ADAS at REAP
New devices for improving and implementing precision agriculture are to be shown at REAP for the first time including NetBeat smart irrigation, Drone AG’s Skippy Scout for managing your drone via a smart phone
The INNO-VEG project launches 48 field experiments in the UK, France, Belgium and the Netherlands to support the development an overarching protocol for integrating crop sensing data into field research methodologies.
Feedback is essential for the effective communication, and in this month’s blog we look at developments in knowledge exchange. What is Knowledge Exchange? This simple,
Dr Kate Storer, a research scientist in crop physiology at ADAS, spoke at REAP 2016 about the impact of pollen beetles on crops. Storer said
The Japanese see huge potential for UK pea flour as a protein rich alternative for wheat. Pulses are gluten-free, nutritious and do wonders for the
Look out for the impressive array of agri-tech on display at next month’s REAP conference 2016, from working robots to infield spore traps, to virtual
A new study suggests that by upping forest cover from 12% to 30% of UK land over the next 35 years – close to that of
Dr Daniel Kindred, Senior Research Scientist at ADAS Boxworth, was delighted to be the winner of a wine tasting and tour for two at Chilford