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29th June, 2020

Video: New Farming Systems project (2021)

[VIDEO::https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50JY6yHR7bE&t=6s] …

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30th June, 2020

AI to speed up seed germination testing process

Researchers have developed a new tool to carry out one of agriculture’s more challenging tasks - seed germination testing. Growers need seeds that germinate effectively and uniformly within a given period to maximise crop productivity. Seed suppliers must …

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9th July, 2020

Video: Wild oat seed sampling (2020)

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14th July, 2020

Free wild oat resistance testing

Co-ordinated by NIAB and supported by off-patent crop protection manufacturer Life Scientific, it is hoped that the information provided from samples submitted will provide an updated picture of wild oat herbicide resistance, and also a general picture of …

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30th July, 2020

BCPC seminar: Climate change - the challenges and the opportunities for farmers, food production and the environment

UPDATED: NOW ONLINE This was initially advertised as a seminar in London, due to COVID-19,  it's now been moved to an online seminar, amended details are below. Online Technical Seminar 10.30am-2.00pm, Tuesday, 22 September, 2020 Places are available for …

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21st August, 2020

Crop damaging invasive pest trapped for first time in the UK

The invasive Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) has been intercepted using a pheromone trap at the RSPB’s Rainham Marshes nature reserve in Essex, one of the monitoring sites. The research programme, using a network of synthetically-produced sex pheromone …

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21st August, 2020

NIAB develops Barn4, a Cambridge-based incubator business space for agritech SMEs

Start-up agritech businesses will have access to new work and research facilities, alongside business support opportunities, with the development of Barn4 , a purpose-built facility on the outskirts of Cambridge. The crop research organisation NIAB has …

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25th August, 2020

Orson's Oracle: We was robbed by the climate change lobby!

Our youngest grandson is a self-proclaimed ‘quality artist’. This notion must have been put into his head by one of his teachers. However, despite this ability, the four-year old recently confided to his mother that he found drawing bananas ‘complicated’. …

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27th August, 2020

Barn4

The perfect place for agritech to grow barn 4 …

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1st September, 2020

New maize varieties highlight continued breeding progress in yield and quality

Six new first-choice varieties have been added to the British Society of Plant Breeder’s 2021 Forage Maize Descriptive Lists (DL), published on 1st September 2020. The varieties Resolute , Conclusion and Trooper from Limagrain, Farmunox from DSV, Ability …

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