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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]

• 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]

• 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]

• 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]

• 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]

• How to build soil fertility for future generations

  Author Name: Patrick Holden Patrick Holden, former Director of the Soil Association , talks us through his top tips for creating sustainable soils. Read More... Posted Feb 04 2011, 09:31 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, soil [Edit Tags]

• New funding now available for Yorkshire farmers

  Author Name: Claire Wyatt Farmers in Yorkshire can apply for RDPE funding for equipment that will help them save money and be more efficient, it was announced this week. Read More... Posted Feb 02 2011, 11:27 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Energy Efficiency, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, water, carbon, resources [Edit Tags]

• Food system revolution...who’s hungry?

  Author Name: Julian Hunt One of the most striking things about Read More... Posted Feb 01 2011, 10:33 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, carbon, resources [Edit Tags]

• Climate news and knowledge #15

  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 Jan 28 2011, 03:11 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, fuel, future, biofuel, governance, extreme weather [Edit Tags]

• Let’s shout about our environment and make people accountable for it!

  Author Name: Paul C Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Read More... Posted Jan 26 2011, 11:12 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, footprinting, resources, biodiversity [Edit Tags]

• A few words on a big issue

  Author Name: Will Frazer Our food system needs a revolution. That’s the message from the ‘ Global Food and Farming Futures Report ’ released today by the Government’s Foresight Institute. The report is a bible of facts and information... Posted Jan 24 2011, 06:35 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, climate change, food system, change [Edit Tags]

• Who are the dynamos and who are the dinosaurs?

  Author Name: Patrick Barker Attending the Oxford Farming Conference for the first time it was my intention to absorb every bit of information thrown at me but it was the very first person that I met who gave the most pertinent piece of advice, “Establish... Posted Jan 21 2011, 09:32 AM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, carbon, resources [Edit Tags]

• Prof Tim Lang on why we should see food security as sustainability

  Author Name: Will Frazer The only way to achieve food security is to have a sustainable food system. That’s the message from Professor Tim Lang of City University’s Centre for Food Policy, who we met at the Inside Government Food Security... Posted Jan 20 2011, 03:09 PM by Blog posts Filed under: Crops, Horticulture, Potatoes, food security, Livestock, Poultry, Pigs, Dairy, water, carbon, resources, soil [Edit Tags]