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The ‘Farmer Action for Tree Resilience’ project, led by Forest Research in collaboration with the University of Exeter, CCRI, FWAG South West, and the Organic Research Centre, focuses on…
Wakelyns, encircled by conventional arable farming, stands as an oasis of trees teeming with birdsong and insects. Integrating trees for timber, energy, and fruit production into an organic crop…
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The project aims to evaluate and mobilize the adoption of innovative practices in livestock systems to increase their capacity to deal with climate change impacts and to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)…
The Problem: In the UK, 6 million hectares are at risk of soil compaction and erosion. This soil degradation increases drought, flooding risk, water pollution, threatens biodiversity and reduces the…
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The Organic Research Centre (ORC) is the UK's leading independent organic research organisation. Changing the future of food and farming.
This guide from the TRUTH Project covers rooting, how to assess rooting systems, and practical guidance on optimising root growth.
Insight for farmers from new UK research on managing slugs in waterlogged fields
From grain store preparation to final dispatch, our guidance will help you minimise loss of premiums, through claims and rejections. It looks at how to identify and manage hazards/risks and details…
The GreenGrass project will work with conventional dairy farmers who are striving to minimise their carbon footprint and improve efficiency through reduced use of N fertilisers. We will collaborate…
This project converts the information we have on PGR applications in the YEN into analysable data, and then explores associations between PGR use and crop yield, height, ears per m2 and other…
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The IPM Decisions project created an online platform that is easy to use for the monitoring and management of pests.
Access the platform now at https://platform.ipmdecisions.net/
Co-funded by the…
Understanding the Voluntary Carbon Market and additional income streams for climate-friendly farming.
This SRUC guide provides practical advice on growing Organic Oilseed Rape in Scotland. The principles of this guide apply to organic Oilseed Rape growth in the whole of the UK and other locations.
The potential yield of UK oilseed rape crops is 6.5t/ha but until 2011 average farm yields had remained static since the mid 1980s at around 3.0 t/ha.
The AFN Network+ was established by UK Research and Innovation in 2022 to consider the challenge of transforming the UK’s food system to meet our climate commitments. Since then, we’ve built a…
