Ancient wheat varieties and latest technology hold key to food security
Global wheat consumption exceeded production in six out of the last eight years*. Although increasing yield to meet demand is important, improving resilience under adverse growing conditions is also vital. Dr Belinda Clarke, director of Agri-Tech East, will discuss how innovation emerging from the UK is providing farmers with new tools to boost production in […]
SUPA BC – The rice variety with benefits
Whether boiled, fried, mixed with coconut milk or spiced with cloves, rice is a common feature at meal times in Zanzibar. In fact, the island’s appetite for rice is so large that farmers cannot grow enough to meet demand and 80 per cent of rice consumed needs to be imported. But according to agricultural experts, […]
New dessert apple breeding programme begins at East Malling, Kent
A new apple variety (scion) breeding programme, bringing together researchers, plant breeders and producers, is to begin at East Malling in Kent, it was announced today at Fruit Focus (the fruit industry trade show). An industry-led consortium, involving Worldwide Fruit Ltd and East Malling Services, will direct the selection, trialling and evaluation of promising […]
Kubota enhance diesel engines range
Kubota, a total solutions provider in the manufacture of world class oil and water cooled diesel and duel fuel engines, has enhanced its engine range by introducing four new models that feature Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC) technology. The new DOC engines, which will be available to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) across the globe from January […]
Evolution of a novel organelle in insects
A Toyohashi Tech researcher in cooperation with researchers at RIKEN, Iwate Medical University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and the National Institute of Genetics, has revealed that aphids synthesize a protein from a gene laterally acquired from bacteria, and the produced protein is transported to an obligate intracellular bacterial symbiont. This is the first report of […]
Farmers in lamb protest at Royal Welsh Show
NFU members have staged a demonstration outside the Tesco stand at the Royal Welsh Show in protest at the retailer’s failure to back British lamb. Around 60 farmers gathered at the NFU Cymru stand on the Builth Wells showground this morning (Monday) before marching down to the Tesco stand. The NFU has strongly criticised Tesco’s […]
FUW welcomes £400 million British food procurement boost
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has welcomed a commitment by prime minister David Cameron and environment secretary Liz Truss to boost public food procurement by central government. The plan for public food procurement, worth £400 million for British farming, would see central government committing to buying fresh, locally sourced, seasonal food, from 2017. Speaking after […]
Over 270 arable farmers join HGCA Monitor Farms opening meetings
This summer, more than 270 arable farmers attended one of eight HGCA Monitor Farm meetings across the country. The opening meetings held in June and July 2014 launched each of the eight new HGCA Monitor Farms, as part of a major initiative which will eventually see 24 Monitor Farms hosted across England and Wales. The […]
Isuzu extends D-Max model range
Isuzu UK has added another model variant to its award winning D-Max pick-up range. For the first time, the popular extended cab version is now available in the premium Yukon trim, to provide a pick-up which is both adaptable and luxurious at the same time. The extended cab configuration features standard front seats, behind which is […]
