Technology

German machinery show Agritechnica has announced the fair held in Hanover will not take place in November as originally planned, but will instead be held from February 27 to March 5, 2022.

The first crop of Dyson Farming’s strawberries from its new six-hectare glasshouse in Carrington, Lincolnshire will hit supermarket shelves this week.

Despite challenges brought on by Covid-19, Harper Adams University continues to make strides with its Hands Free Farm project. Jane Carley catches up with its progress.

An international consortium of academic and commercial seed companies from the USA, Canada, Europe and Israel have mapped the entire set of genes which make up canola (oilseed rape).

There is currently much talk about the benefits of regenerative agriculture and a research project is now looking at how the approach could be adopted on large commercial beef farms. Katie Jones and Hannah Park report.

Long established land drainage contractor Farm Services has seen renewed interest in the benefits of its services, as soil health continues to gain greater significance on farmers’ agendas. Jane Carley reports.

A new £12 million research and development fund, Farming Innovation Pathways, has been announced by Defra and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

An ongoing English consultation into gene editing has stirred up a mixed reaction from industry, but behind this is a technology poised to accelerate genetic gain in existing breeding programmes according

Hunt Forest Group has announced an agreement to acquire neighbouring John Deere dealership C Smart Agricultural Services, in line with Deere’s ‘dealer of tomorrow strategy’.

A research project to tackle bovine mastitis is being launched by the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast.