BASF in the UK has launched a strategic sustainability framework and targets as part of a company-wide Global Carbon Farming initiative to help farmers reduce their carbon emissions. At a recent press briefing, UK head of technical...
The government has unveiled a research programme to investigate the viability of five innovative methods of large-scale greenhouse gas (GHG) removal from the atmosphere. The work could help the UK reach its legislated net-zero climate target by 2050. UK Research and...
The 2018 Association of Independent Crop Consultants (AICC)’s annual conference, held near Towcester last month, was the best attended yet, says AICC chief executive and conference organiser Sarah Cowlrick. “Despite the challenges facing the UK arable industry over...
Bangor University is to receive £4.9 million to lead an interdisciplinary research project into increasing the resilience and sustainability of the UK food system. The University’s School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography will use the cash to investigate...
The AIC’s Agribusiness 2017 conference – Driving today’s agricultural revolution – held at Peterborough last week was opened by AIC chairman Nick Major. He noted the trade’s “duty to make Brexit work, supported by R&D investment with the Agritech Strategy now up and running”.