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The potential for artificial intelligence within production agriculture
Assessing the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) within agriculture is the focus of investigation for 2024 Nuffield Scholar, Paul Windemuller....
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N.Ireland
Machinery Focus: Sky Agriculture keeps Sulky simplicity
Amidst all the talk of the wonders of technology and how farming is being transformed, it is often overlooked that...
Rural Life
Partnership gives people with disabilities new route into agriculture
A new partnership has formed between The MacRobert Trust and Inclusive Farm to provide people with disabilities or additional needs...
N.Ireland
The role of biostimulants within production agriculture
Driving the use of biostimulants within production agriculture, has been the identification of bespoke bacteria (endophytes) with the ability to...
N.Ireland
NI agriculture minister meets UFU and environment group
Northern Ireland’s Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, Andrew Muir has told stakeholders that working together is key to delivering...
Agri-Business
Inflation threatens long-term resilience of agriculture - AHDB
The latest agri-market outlook from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has concluded that the inflation of inputs is...
N.Ireland
NI’s new farm minister must secure agriculture’s fair share of a £3.3bn windfall
What proportion of the additional £3.3bn now on-offer from London will Northern Ireland’s (NI) new farm minister seek to secure...
N.Ireland
CAFRE urges young people to consider agriculture apprenticeships
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is encouraging young people to consider agriculture apprenticeships as a way...
N.Ireland
Opinion: Northern Ireland set to have a new agriculture minister
Assuming everything goes according to plan up at Stormont, Northern Ireland could have a new agriculture minister within days. Traditionally,...
N.Ireland
Former NI agriculture minister plans run in EU elections in Republic
Former Northern Ireland agriculture minister Michelle Gildernew is seeking a nomination to stand for Sinn Féin in the Midlands-North West...
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NFU Mutual bursaries for post-grad agriculture courses open for applications
Rural insurer NFU Mutual is seeking recipients for its Centenary Award bursaries, which will pay for up to 75% of...
Agri-Business
Regenerative agriculture study has 'fascinating' findings on benefits
A study being conducted at the University of Leeds Farm is aiming to highlight the “fantastic” benefits of regenerative agriculture....
Agri-Business
Applications open for National Women in Agriculture Awards
Applications are now open for the National Women in Agriculture (WiA) Awards, which are intended to celebrate and reward female...
Environment
Farmers worldwide and their transition to ‘climate-smart agriculture’
Many farmers worldwide consider strategies to adapt to climate change as “business as usual” in their countries, a producer-led global...
Environment
How irrigation is sustaining agriculture in Spain
Irrigation has been the determining factor in the success of harvesting crops in the region of Aragón in northeastern Spain...
Agri-Business
Societal impact of changes in agriculture must be assessed – Boyle
AgriSearch chairman, Prof. Gerry Boyle, has called for the societal impact of the many changes taking place within agriculture to...
Agri-Business
NFUS to host webinar on Scottish agriculture bill
The National Farmers’ Union of Scotland (NFUS) is set to host a webinar on the Scottish government’s Agriculture and Rural...
Agri-Business
Swan family awarded NFU Cymru Sustainable Agriculture Award
The Welsh branch of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU Cymru) has announced Clive Swan and his family as the winners...
