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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 A. Oliver explains that spatial variation...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Fri, May 3 2013
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 by some as a useful means of sequestering carbon and...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Mon, Apr 29 2013
Alternative protein sources

Author Name: Richard Weightman, ADAS ed Alan Spedding Richard Weightman explains why investigating alternative sources of protein for use in livestock feed is crucial for reducing agriculture’s environmental footprint and improving profitability for primary producers. read more

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Thu, Apr 4 2013
Behavioral Principles of Livestock Handling

Author Name: Temple Grandin, Livestock Handling Systems. Inc, Animal Science Department, Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 Reducing stress during handling will improve productivity and prevent physiological changes that could confound research results or lower productivity. Handling...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Wed, Mar 20 2013
SRUC asks farmers for help in pain perception survey

Author Name: SRUC SRUC researchers are calling on all British farmers to take part in a survey on pain and disease in animals. The researchers hope the survey will help them understand the attitudes and viewpoints of the people who look after livestock on a daily basis. The project will analyse how farm...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Wed, Feb 27 2013
Animal Husbandry Regained - the place of farm animals in sustainable agriculture

Author Name: John Webster The farming of animals for meat and milk confronts a stark dilemma. While world demand from a growing and more affluent human population is increasing rapidly, there are strong counter-arguments that we should eat less meat and pay more attention to environmental protection...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Tue, Feb 19 2013
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 disciplines of arable and livestock farming, but...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Fri, Feb 8 2013
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, eg greater accuracy lowers the risk of nitrogen...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Wed, Jan 16 2013
Understanding your options: getting more N out of manure

Author Name: DEFRA FAS Technical Article Agricultural manure and slurry is a valuable source of nutrients. However, farmers are often uncertain about how much of the nitrogen (N) in manure and slurries applied to land is actually available for crop uptake. This article provides new information that will...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Thu, Aug 9 2012
Harmonising measurement of livestock environmental impacts

Author Name: FAO Common indicators and guidelines for environmental assessments will lead to shared understanding of environmental impacts, better policymaking A new FAO-led partnership is looking to improve how the environmental impacts of the livestock industry are measured and assessed, a necessary...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Wed, Jul 4 2012

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