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• Geostatistics and precision farming

  Author Name: Caroline Channing, Biosciences Knowledge Transfer Network, ed Alan Spedding A new study published in Significance, the magazine of the Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Association by University of Reading Professor Margaret... Posted May 03 2013, 01:57 PM by Blog posts Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Straw – what is it good for?

  Author Name: AHDB ed Alan Spedding There is a significant amount of potential profit for the grower, as well as bedding or energy potential, in the millions of tonnes of straw which is currently incorporated into the soil. Straw incorporation is seen... Posted Apr 29 2013, 08:36 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• GM tomatoes produce peptide that acts like good cholesterol

  Author Name: Caroline Channing, _connect ed Alan Spedding Scientists at the University of California (UCLA) have genetically engineered tomatoes to produce a peptide that mimics the actions of "good" cholesterol when consumed. read more Read... Posted Mar 25 2013, 06:19 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Horticulture [Edit Tags]

• Combatting counterfeit pesticides

  Author Name: Harper Adams University Recognising the threat that counterfeit pesticides pose to UK agriculture, researchers at Harper Adams University hope to produce best practice recommendations for law and regulatory enforcement agencies. Counterfeit... Posted Mar 13 2013, 12:29 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes [Edit Tags]

• Agroforestry

  Author Name: Stephen Briggs, Nuffield Farming Scholarship Agroforestry can make farms bigger and more productive, using deeper soil layers and the air space above the farm and make better use of the sun, air, soil and water than monoculture, It can be... Posted Feb 19 2013, 11:31 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• The National Centre for Precision Farming

  Author Name: Harper Adams University Precision farming may be seen to be entering a new era of development in which engineering and associated technological innovation is opening up new dimensions of support and intervention, not only in the established... Posted Feb 08 2013, 09:40 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Precision Farming - how it's done

  Author Name: Jake Freestone, Oxford Farming Conference Today’s precision farming offers three main benefits. First, cost saving from accurate field operations, resulting in reduced diesel, man-hours and wearing parts. Second is to the environment... Posted Jan 16 2013, 08:56 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Livestock, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Answering farmers’ questions on using digestate and compost

  Author Name: WRAP A programme of GB-wide events and lectures is underway to disseminate the latest results from the Digestate and Compost in Agriculture field experiments. Designed to inform farmers, advisers and students on how to maximise the potential... Posted Oct 19 2012, 04:42 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Livestock, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Farming Futures– Fast Forward to the future

  Author Name: Farming Futures So, it’s happened. Farming Futures, like the iconic friendly local corner shop, is “under new management”. read more Read More... Posted Sep 26 2011, 01:38 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, farming futures, new team, CEUKF [Edit Tags]

• Saving Money and Helping the Environment

  Author Name: LEAF Board Member and LEAF Marque farmer, Matthew Naylor We have found that when we make changes to help the environment on our farm, they often save us money too...writes LEAF Board Member and LEAF Marque farmer, Matthew Naylor. There were... Posted Sep 14 2011, 05:37 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Energy Efficiency, nutrient, resources, soil, precision farming, fertiliser, Leaf [Edit Tags]

• Industry Survey: Supporting Community Energy

  Author Name: Jin Park, University of Sussex Researchers at the University of Sussex - Science and Technology Policty Research Unit are studying how community energy can spread and grow and are looking for groups to take part in an online survey of community... Posted Aug 24 2011, 01:36 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, energy consumption, sustainable energy, community energy, renewable [Edit Tags]

• Industry News: New strategy to save and protect England's wildlife

  Author Name: Defra Defra has published a plan to create better habitats and join up the homes of some of England’s most iconic wildlife. ‘Biodiversity 2020: A strategy for England’s wildlife and ecosystem services’ aims to halt... Posted Aug 23 2011, 02:15 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, biodiversity, climate change, ecosystem, habitat, wildlife [Edit Tags]

• Pastures new - Farming Futures moves to a new home

  Author Name: Madeleine Lewis Farming Futures enters a new phase this month. As you know, we were looking for a new host after our five-year Defra funding came to a close. So we're very pleased to announce that the project has a new home! The Centre... Posted Jun 15 2011, 02:57 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy [Edit Tags]

• Charlotte's web: social media and farming

  Author Name: Madeleine Lewis She grew up on a dairy farm, bought her first cow when she was seven, and her husband's a dairy nutritionist. So when Michele Payn-Knoper was stumped by her Hosltein dairy calf not weaning, she did what any self-respecting... Posted Mar 29 2011, 04:10 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, innovation, twitter, social media [Edit Tags]

• Goal! We did it - another award for team FF

  Author Name: Claire Wyatt Farming Futures has scored a hattrick and won the Climate Week award for the 'Best Campaign'. Having recently won a Global Green Award and voted the best website for climate change and agricuture information by Farmers... Posted Mar 23 2011, 11:47 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, climate change, awards [Edit Tags]

• Can we score a hattrick?

  Author Name: Claire Wyatt Farming Futures has been shortlisted for the inaugural Climate Week Awards! Having recently won a Global Green Award and voted the best website for climate change and agricuture information, we're hoping to romp home with... Posted Mar 16 2011, 05:33 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, climate change, awards [Edit Tags]

• Carbon storage = bigger veg = happy farmers?

  Author Name: Claire Wyatt A new heat and power box stores CO2 in tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers while delivering electricity to nearby homes. Read More... Posted Mar 07 2011, 09:44 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Energy Efficiency, carbon, resources, energy [Edit Tags]

• A cloud over our communities?

  Author Name: Will Dawson Imagine you are a community energy entrepreneur in the UK. How will you be feeling after the government’s action to tackle the “solar farm threat”? Read More... Posted Mar 04 2011, 09:44 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, carbon, community [Edit Tags]

• Barriers to low carbon farming - your thoughts wanted

  Author Name: Paul Sousek Here at Cottage Farm we have demonstrated that it is perfectly possible to farm sustainably and in a resilient manner, that is organically, without using fossil fuels but still utilising machinery and energy. The best place to... Posted Mar 01 2011, 06:20 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, carbon, resources [Edit Tags]

• Adaptability and change are at the heart of farming

  Author Name: Phil Stocker It’s challenging, inspiring, and very tiring, and I always find the Soil Association conference ‘re-fuels’ me for the rest of the year. On the way home I got to thinking about the journey I had been on over... Posted Feb 28 2011, 09:00 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, organic [Edit Tags]

• Climate news and knowledge #17

  Author Name: Will Frazer Climate News and Knowledge is our fortnightly round up of some of the main stories covering climate change and sustainable farming. This time there is talk of the power of the people, the fallout from the FIT review and climate... Posted Feb 25 2011, 05:32 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Micro-hydro, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, FiTs, social media, campaigns [Edit Tags]

• Are you a savvy rural entrepreneur?

  Author Name: Matt Redman UK Farmers – straw hat, grass chewing folk who throw a few seeds about, keep a few animals and ride about on a tractor slowing car drivers down? Or highly skilled business men and women who look upon any new technological... Posted Feb 24 2011, 01:44 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Wind, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, technology, future skills, farming's image, entrepreneurship, PR [Edit Tags]

• From a long history to a sustainable future

  Author Name: Chris Stoate A combination of history, modern science and childhood memories, can provide important insight into how we can work towards a more sustainable future. This mixture of information is also a great way of raising the awareness of... Posted Feb 21 2011, 11:57 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, resources, biodiversity [Edit Tags]

• Changes fit for AD success

  Author Name: Mark Newton Read More... Posted Feb 16 2011, 09:05 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Anaerobic Digestion, Horticulture, Potatoes, Solar, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, FiTs, solar pv [Edit Tags]

• Climate news and knowledge #16

  Author Name: Will Frazer Climate News and Knowledge is our fortnightly round up of some of the main stories covering climate change and sustainable farming. This time there is talk of the many challenges of the future, punchy weather and soaring fuel... Posted Feb 15 2011, 10:48 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, biodiversity, solar pv [Edit Tags]