‘Kranich’ yellow rust race detected in the UK for the first time
The ‘Kranich’ yellow rust race has been detected in the UK for the first time and winter wheat growers are being advised to inspect varieties closely as part of a UK-wide monitoring effort.
The UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS) identified the new ‘Kranich’ race from an isolate collected in 2014 and tested in the field in 2015.
Two leading UK crop research institutes are joining forces to create a major new centre for applied crop science and innovation.
Four agriculture students from Newcastle University have successfully tested their crop management skills against teams from across the UK to win the 2015 NIAB Agronomy Cup and the title ‘the best student wheat growers in the country’.
A new research centre dedicated to reducing crop and food waste and improving resource use efficiency in the horticultural and fresh produce supply chains has been opened in the Cambridgeshire Fens.
NIAB and UCL (University College London) have been awarded £838,000 by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to develop innovative methods to help improve UK wheat performance based on the MAGIC plant breeding research programme.
Interactive courses on the science behind remote sensing and an introduction to arable farming have been added to the ARTIS agricultural e-learning platform.
George Eustice MP, Minister of State for Farming, Food and the Marine Environment and George Freeman MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences, have officially launched Agrimetrics, the world’s first Big Data Centre of Excellence for the whole food system.
Andrew will start with NIAB TAG in his new role in early October, providing agronomy information and technical services to members across the eastern region, from 
The Wash down to Kent, and working closely with fellow regional agronomists Richard Overthrow, Patrick Stephenson and Steve Cook.
