Innovative Solutions in Water and Slurry Management by Greencrop Ltd
Greencrop Ltd is a combined UK importer and manufacturer based in Beeston, mid-Norfolk, and has grown from a small local business covering the East of England, to a UK national supplier and distributor. They have a dedicated dealer network covering clean water irrigation, dirty water and slurry systems, plus are also suppliers of digestate separators, […]
Celebrate With Us at The StowAg Show
The StowAg Show will mark 50 years of proudly being “the experts in your field” and you are warmly invited to attend. The show, which will be their biggest event yet, will be a day of celebration held at the StowAg headquarters in Longborough in the heart of the Cotswolds. Featuring many of StowAg’s leading […]
Saturn Bioponics at Fruit Logistica
Growers looking to get better yield and quality with lower costs of production through hydroponic science are encouraged to pass by the Saturn Bioponics stand at Fruit Logistica. Optimising crop growing using advanced hydroponic technology with a rapid payback is the way forward, according to company CEO, Alex Fisher. “We focus on crop nutrition strategy […]
Improved plants for greater food security in the future
Beyond classical genetic engineering, a number of new biotechnological processes is now available to improve plants. The goals are higher proportions of (micro) nutrients, longer shelf lives to reduce waste, resistance to drought and higher yields in crops and biotech trees. Since planting the first genetically modified plants (maize, soybean and cotton) in 1996 in […]
LAMMA ’18 – announcement from Briefing Media
LAMMA, the UK’s largest farm machinery, equipment and agricultural services show, has been unable to open to the public today due to safety reasons. High winds overnight caused serious damage to stands and structures across the East of England Showground, forcing the event to be closed early. Hundreds of visitors who arrived early were held […]
Farmer-led innovation provides policy inspiration at Agricology field day
More than 80 farmers, policy-makers, researchers, and representatives from the NFU and Wildlife Trust attended Agricology’s on-farm field event at Daylesford Farm in Oxfordshire last week focusing on the potential of reintegrating livestock, leys and arable to diversify the rotation. Bringing together participants of the annual Oxford Farming Conferences, this over-subscribed event enabled participants to […]
Midlands Machinery Show 2017 earns positive recognition from farming community
Inventive machines – there were plenty on show. Innovative ideas – many were shared. Yet the key talking point during the Midlands Machinery Show 2017, which took place on 22 and 23 November at Newark Showground in Nottinghamshire, was the opportunity provided by the show to bring the agricultural industry together. Returning for the fourth […]
Making room for pollinators need not harm farm productivity
Farmers attending two recent Campaign for the Farmed Environment events heard from experts that supporting pollinators and crop pest predators can help improve crop yields, delivering a win-win for farming and wildlife. The two events, held in Hertfordshire and Gloucestershire, were in partnership with Kings and Syngenta. Speakers shared their research as well as guidance […]
The big questions for UK agriculture post-Brexit
In just 21 months’ time the UK agricultural sector will operate outside The Common Agricultural Policy, so how quickly will changes be felt, what form will the changes take, and how will the UK manage to take charge of its own agricultural destiny? These were some of the questions addressed at a recent event organised […]
