Returning to the Cedar Court Hotel, Harrogate on 26-27 November 2024, a key theme will be discussing the balance between ensuring farmers continue producing enough nutritious food for a growing population, while protecting our environment. BCPC General …
Soft Fruit GIN The Defra-funded Soft Fruit Genetic Improvement Network (GIN) will be led by the crop research organisation NIAB, with James Hutton Institute and ADAS as key partners, beginning work in Summer 2024. This new investment in soft fruit …
Joined by Combined Authority Business Board Chair Al Kingsley, and Business Board agri-tech lead Emma Garfield, they were visiting the site to find out how £3.5 million funding for NIAB over five years has helped grow small and start-up-companies …
Speaker: Liz is the Chief Executive of the Farm Carbon Toolkit (FCT). The Farm Carbon Toolkit was set up by farmers over a decade ago to further the understanding of greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture. Now we have one of the most used farm carbon …
Peter is based at Cambridge and his main role is the delivery of Plant Breeder’s Rights trials on a range on Ornamental crops including Chrysanthemums, herbaceous perennials and woody plants. Peter has 15 years experience in PBR trials as well as …
Agenda • Introduction to the project - Jasmine Toole, Niab • Herbal ley and diverse swards network – Ellie Roberts, Niab • Learn the best species for soil type and how to stitch correctly – Sam Lane, Cotswold Seeds • Identifying key components of a ley …
The BCPC Knowledge Bank, available at www.bcpc.org , offers free open access to information, reports and papers from BCPC conferences and symposia reports dating back to 1954, and now includes over 120 technical and annual reports from the WRO – available …
This year’s annual Soft Fruit Day was presented by Niab as a virtual event to provide the industry with the latest results of a wide range of research projects led by Niab and other researchers. The event included information on research to optimise …
Niab runs a suite of training courses focused on boosting the technical skills needed by farmers, growers, agronomists and the supply chain to improve crop production. Scroll through the available courses and book one today. For any enquiries about …
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