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1: Fertiliser use - spreading efficiency and lowering emissions: http://t.co/BvHHljkTAE via @FarmC02Toolkit
2: Farming technologies for the future: http://t.co/hKJjh7LmF9
3: RT @FarmingFutures: Ladies in Beef partner RABI for Great British Beef Week already securing a 10k donation http://t.co/nh0BZmx2f2
4: RT @RuSource: RuSource Daily is out! http://t.co/tws0GklFxh Stories via @ForumForAg @mattwridley @ADASGroup
5: Field Lab: Practical Options for Reducing On-Farm GHG Emissions, Swindon, 6th May: http://t.co/PrNS2STD9z
6: NIAB TAG Black-grass Centre Open Day, Hardwick, Cambridge,4th June: http://t.co/JBn7RvqVZu
7: RT @DECCgovuk: In case you missed it, Professor David MacKay's blog on reducing carbon emissions through innovation http://t.co/tEmY4TSgW5 …
8: Applied Precision Crop Production Course, Harper Adams University, 16-20th June: http://t.co/nIPH2etjvB
9: Ladies in Beef partner with RABI for Great British Beef Week already securing a 10k donation to the charity http://t.co/nh0BZmx2f2
10: RT @FGoliviamidgley: For anyone interested in putting up a #windturbine @RoyalAgSociety are holding some events. http://t.co/xl77enhBJM

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Farming technologies for the future

We have handpicked a few “weird and wonderful” innovations which might one day appear on farms all over the country to demonstrate how...

Joel Devisgenes, Elementary Digital for Prestige Pumps ~ 18th Apr 2014 ~ 6am

Fertiliser use - spreading efficiency and lowering emissions

Fertiliser, whether it is applied from a bag, or as organic manure impacts on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. The most significant...

Farm Carbon Cutting Toolkit ~ 18th Apr 2014 ~ 5am

EU Commission: The bees are OK, but the pesticide ban stays

Pan-European research shows that while higher bee colony mortalities do exist in some parts of the EU due to cold winter weather, bees are neither...

Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn, Food Navigator.com ~ 17th Apr 2014 ~ 12pm

Jumping to conclusions - crop decision making is complicated!

Recently I’ve started to go to the supermarket with my wife where we’ve developed a systematic approach to the food shop. Initially we...

Jim Orson, Orson's Oracle ~ 17th Apr 2014 ~ 12pm

Rothamsted Research to field trial GM False flax plants for omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Rothamsted Research submitted an application in late January 2014 to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for permission to carry...

Rothamsted Research ~ 17th Apr 2014 ~ 10am

Big data lets agriculture hit the fast-forward button

Agriculture is constantly changing as technology advances – it always has and always will. This has been a given in an industry that has...

FarmBusiness via Agrovista ~ 17th Apr 2014 ~ 7am

Waitrose and ITM Power to use electrolysis to produce hydrogen for renewable fertiliser

Waitrose is joining forces with the Technology Strategy Board and ITM Power to develop a system for the production of renewable fertiliser. The...

Farming Futures ~ 17th Apr 2014 ~ 6am