The English Panel of the Council for Awards of the Royal Agricultural Societies (CARAS) held an awards ceremony at the House of Lords last month, hosted by Lord Taylor of Holbeach FRAgS and in the presence of HRH the Princess Royal....
Agri EPI
Straw buffer to extend winter forage stocks
New research shows that replacing a proportion of grass silage in buffer feed with straw and a molasses blend could help preserve forage stocks cost effectively in the coming winter, advises ED&F Man. “Dairy and beef farmers will need to strike a balance between...
Robotic answer to grain store sampling safety concern
East of Scotland Farmers (EOSF) is the grain merchanting partner in a new Agri-EPI project to develop robotic monitoring and sampling of grain in store. The project, backed by £250,000 of Innovate UK funding, centres on a robotic technology developed and patented by...
ForFarmers rolls out digital services to UK livestock farmers
The acquisition of the UK’s largest animal feed manufacturer by ForFarmers, the leading European feed company of Dutch and co-operative heritage, over six years ago has opened up new opportunities for the domestic business, including a move into digital livestock...
Harper and Agri-EPI work with TAFE
Harper Adams University (HAU) has entered into a new international collaboration with the global agricultural engineering business Tractors and Farm Equipment (TAFE), which is based in India. The project will develop advance technological, agronomic and education...
Project to reduce cost of soil mapping
A collaborative project at Agri-EPI, one of the new UK centres of agricultural innovation which is based at Cranfield University, aims to make precision farming more affordable for arable farmers and landowners. Led by AgSpace Agriculture, other project members...