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Flor Healy joins NIAB Board

An experienced leader in the food industry, Mr Healy retired from his role as CEO for Samworth Brothers in late 2022, after four years at the helm. Prior to that, he spent 14 years as CEO for Kerry’s consumer foods division, having previously covered …

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Vine Club Research Day - 2 Sep

NIAB established its first research and demonstration vineyard at East Malling in 2015 to support a burgeoning vine and wine industry. Early work has involved variety and rootstock trials, weed control research and a demonstration of frost mitigation …

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Dr Robert Jackson

As Deputy Programme Leader for Crop Phenotyping at Niab’s Artificial Intelligence and Data Sciences group, I lead research that harnesses AI-driven technologies to transform how we measure and understand crop performance. My work spans the full range of …

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Maize soil nitrogen supply

The Nitrogen through the growing season project started in 2023 focusing on improving understanding of Soil Nitrogen Supply (SNS) and Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) in UK maize crops in order to assess the quantity and timing of nitrogen released from …

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CHCx3: net zero with regen ag - 8 Nov (AgriTech Week)

Aims • To explore the role that regenerative agriculture systems can play in meeting Net Zero targets • To review the implications for all cropping systems (not just combinable crops) and consider whether changes in the underlying principles might be …

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