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Soil Association Exchange – Building business resilience through measurement

Finance, Tech Farmer / By

Ben Makowiecki, Agricultural Sustainability Director at Lloyds Bank, sets out the Bank’s ambition and actions in supporting Agricultural businesses to reach net zero. Building resilience is much talked about in UK agriculture. We all know the myriad pressures the industry is facing – from a changing climate, reduced government financial support, and a valid focus …

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Feeding the world or seeding unknowns?

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New legislation now allows the growing of certain gene-edited crops in England. Professor Jonathan Jones, group leader at The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, calls for a fresh approach to rules preventing the cultivation of GM crops. But Roger Kerr, chief executive at Organic Farmers & Growers urges caution over moves into new genetic technologies.

Big data – farming’s friend or foe?

Tech Farmer, Technology / By

Unlocking the potential of big data can lead to smarter farming, but there are complex interactions and challenges to navigate. In the dynamic landscape of modern agriculture, the integration of big data technologies has revolutionized the way farmers operate and make decisions. Smart farming, fuelled by the inseparable relationship between production and consumption of data, …

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Resistance is futile

Research, Tech Farmer / By

Three start-ups are looking at new ways to deliver effective crop protection solutions that could overcome current resistance issues. Tech Farmer gets the insight. Tiny carbon particles, not dissimilar to burnt sugar, could hold the key to a completely new method of delivering crop protection. First discovered in 2004, carbon dots are extremely small spherical …

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A familiar field

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Global FieldID is a way of harnessing data to create “Nature Intelligence”, argues Davide Ceper, CEO of Varda, the company that created it. The transition towards a nature-positive food system requires a good and enabling data exchange across the agricultural supply chain. To achieve this, it’s crucial to establish trusted connections and the flow of …

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The trait that could transform wheat farming

Research, Tech Farmer, Technology, Varieties / By

The discovery of a grass that makes its own antibiotics may have wide-reaching implications for restoring soil health and improving water quality. Tech Farmer considers the implications of the trait for UK wheats. There’s a type of grass that thrives in the tropical pastures of Colombia that confounded scientists for decades. Brachiaria has been dubbed …

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No-Till’s future depends on practical tech & regulation

Machinery, Tech Farmer, Technology / By

Written by Mackane Vogel, Assistant Editor, No Till Farmer New technology in the world of no-till needs to be solutions-oriented in order to reach farmers in a timely manner. No-till farming, much like agriculture as a whole, has evolved a lot over the last several decades. From new machinery and technology to scientific solutions for …

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Levy-funded trials help fine-tune fungicide choice

Farm Trial Results, Research, Tech Farmer / By

AHDB Technical Content Manager Jason Pole explains the role of the fungicide performance information in choosing the best technology to protect crops. For 30 years, there’s been a trusted team that’s tested the efficacy of chemistry used to battle major crop diseases in the fungicide performance project. The wheat trial series is the oldest, going …

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