Technology

Defra’s former chief scientist Professor Ian Boyd has called on Government to spend as much on food research as it does on health research.  

The International Wheat Yield Partnership (IWYP) has launched its European Winter Wheat Hub which aims to accelerate research discoveries from the UK and globally into commercial plant breeding.

Keen to find out more about Massey Ferguson’s latest tractor developments and technology changes, we put to the test its latest 6718 S and 7718 S models.

Bayer is piloting a programme that pays farmers to adopt more climate-friendly practices that sequester carbon.

Wageningen University, at Leeuwarden, in the Netherlands, has installed a cow toilet on its dairy campus.

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been jointly awarded to two women for the development of a method of genome editing used in animal and plant science.

An independent report commissioned by the Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Livestock has concluded new methods of mitigating carbon emissions from livestock production must be found to reach net zero targets by 2050.

The extent to which drones could be helpful as a monitoring aid when checking sheep is being investigated as part of a trial in Australia. 

Automatic calf feeders are an increasingly popular option for rearing calves. Colin Mason, of Scotland’s Rural College, offers some advice as to how to get the best out of them. Hannah Noble reports.

As well as championing the use of dried and ground near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) silage analysis, Eurofins laboratories has launched a series of new indexes to help farmers to optimise their silage production.