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The Professor Ian Mackay Seminar

Session 1 Recording from session 1 of the NIAB and SRUC seminar celebrating the science and work of our former colleague Professor Ian Mackay. Includes: Welcome and introduction Professor Mario Caccamo, NIAB Chief Executive and Professor Wayne Powell, …

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The Professor Ian Mackay Seminar - 1 February

  Agenda 9.30am Registration 10.30 Welcome and introduction Professor Mario Caccamo, NIAB Chief Executive and Professor Wayne Powell, SRUC Principal and Chief Executive 10.50 Chair: Professor Mario Caccamo • MAGIC moments: the potential of pre-breeding - …

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CHCx3 Biomass Crops webinar - 8 Feb 24

Objectives:  Discuss how biomass crops such as miscanthus and willow can be incorporated successfully on farm, by understanding  The suitability and agronomic requirements of key biomass crop species  Current and emerging opportunities within biomass crop …

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Supporting and developing paludiculture in the UK

Paludiculture, or farming with high water tables, is a system of agriculture for the profitable production of wetland crops under conditions that support the competitive advantage of these crops. In the context of lowland peat soils, it is most usually …

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Jasmine Toole

My role is split in two. The soil sampling side of my job has me in the field digging for root and soil samples which I then analyse. On the knowledge exchange side of my role, I organise knowledge transfer events such as webinars and farm walks as well …

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CHCx3 cover crop event - 1 Feb 24

The day included: Field tour of our ongoing cover crop trials Morning workshop: Overview of the long-term Morley trials Afternoon workshops focusing on cover crop agronomy and carbon capture Refreshments throughout the day and lunch. Desired outcomes: …

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Contribute to the CHCx3 cropping options survey

This survey is part of the Centre for High Carbon Capture Cropping (CHCx3) project, a four-year, multi-partner project, spanning agriculture, industry, and academia, and led by NIAB. The survey is aimed specifically at farmers/growers, or their …

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NEWS: Trish Malarkey joins NIAB Board

With a career spanning over 30 years in food and agritech innovation, Ms Malarkey has held senior research and development roles in multinational businesses in the UK, Switzerland, The Netherlands and the USA. These include Chief Innovation Officer at …

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Trish Malarkey

With a career spanning over 30 years in food and agritech innovation, Trish Malarkey has held senior research and development roles in multinational businesses in the UK, Switzerland, The Netherlands and the USA. These include Chief Innovation Officer at …

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Philip Wynn OBE

With a career span­ning over 50 years Philip has man­aged and advised busi­ness­es in near­ly every sec­tor of agri­cul­ture. He has been Chair­man of LEAF since 2017 and a Direc­tor of Dyson Farm­ing since it was formed in 2013 and has a num­ber of …

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