Environment
Nearly one fifth of the world's agricultural land is contaminated by toxic metals, posing a serious...
Beef
Climate impacts of UK grass-based beef cattle could be reduced by up to 26%n, according to a study by Rothamsted Research.
Tillage
An international study has revealed that at least 60% of the genetic diversity found in an historic collection of wheat varieties is unused.
Hi-tech optical sensors in fields could provide an effective means of monitoring beetle numbers arriving in oilseed rape fields
Tillage News
A set of long-term experiments will quantify the exact impact of regenerative agriculture from all perspectives
The threat of insecticide resistance is one that all tillage farmers should be taking very seriously, according to scientific experts
A new study has compared genomes across 18 strains of the septoria leaf blotch fungus zymoseptoria tritici.
A new database of 19 insect genomes, encompassing some of the most damaging pests of crops worldwide, has been made publicly available.
A new way of calculating environmental footprints of foodstuffs leaves the impacts of products like dairy beef half of what they were before.
A comparative study of a fungal pathogen of oilseed rape (OSR) in Europe and China using new genetic markers has just been completed.
Tillage Technical
Emissions from soil of nitrous oxide can be drastically reduced just by adding carbon-rich manure, according to research.
A first-of-its-kind analysis of the untapped genetic potential of wheat shows global yields are only half of what they could be.
Rothamsted Research is confirming that staff there have sown out seed of genetically edited Camelina sativa, a member of the brassica family
A study of river water quality during one of the UK’s wettest ever winters shows a massive increase in agricultural pollution occurred
Contradictory EU policies first encouraged and then undermined the farming of oilseed rape in Europe, according to a new analysis
According to scientists at Rothamsted Research, weather patterns typical of the last 30 years have significantly limited harvests of wheat.
Rothamsted Research has submitted its responses to the UK government’s consultation questions on the regulation of gene editing.
On plots where herbicides have never been used, the threat of weeds has been consistently increasing since the 1960s.
