Game, Set and Match to Strawberry Scientists
Come rain or shine British strawberries will continue to star at Wimbledon thanks to a Defra-funded project to develop a climate change resistant variety. Scientists at East Malling Research are developing varieties of strawberry that are better able to cope with the predicted effects of climate change, particularly higher summer temperatures and less rainfall.The new […]
UK farming needs to produce more not less, says the NFU
Farmers in the UK need to produce more, not less, NFU Vice President Gwyn Jones said today. Speaking in London at the Inside Government forum on food security, Mr Jones outlined some of the progress that is being made in food and farming, and covered changes in the messages coming from the Government, investment in […]
New science leadership team announced
The foundation of The James Hutton Institute, based in Aberdeen and Dundee, took a major step forward today with the announcement of the senior science leadership team. The James Hutton Institute was formed earlier this year by the coming together of the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute in Aberdeen and SCRI in Dundee, Scotlands world […]
MEPs backing for mandatory dairy contracts is major step forward, says NFU
The NFU believes dairy farmers could be given the power to negotiate better contracts with milk buyers under plans backed by MEPs on the European Parliaments agriculture committee. The report, written by Northern Irish MEP Jim Nicholson, calls for mandatory contracts for all Member States that set out the milk price payable, how the price […]
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New Crops for the Future Research Centre for food and non-food uses
The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus is to co- host the first ever Crops for the Future Research Centre (CFFRC) in partnership with the Government of Malaysia. The centre, specifically designed to evaluate underutilised crops from all corners of the world, will be at the heart of an international effort to seek out which crops […]
Investment boost for green car technology
The Low Carbon Innovation Fund, based at the University of East Anglia (UEA), has invested 400,000 in new automotive technologies designed to improve fuel efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) has developed a range of products to help car makers meet tightening legislation on CO2 emissions by making the car significantly more […]
Who will be crowned Master Spud 2011?
Fresh potatoes are being given a lift thanks to increased industry marketing activity, including television advertising. The ‘Many Faces of Potatoes campaign’, launched by Potato Council last year after securing EU co-financing, introduced a number of tools to educate and inspire younger consumers to eat more potatoes. This includes a nationwide PR campaign, regional shopping […]
Need for effective movement database
Ten years on from the 2001 Foot and Mouth outbreak the sheep industry is no nearer to an effective database on information of sheep movements then it was then. The current system for recording the movement of sheep is ineffective and lacking and must be updated, its time for a new approach with an industry […]
