NIAB's synthetic wheat programme will be featured on BBC Countryfile at 6pm on 12 May, and across BBC News programmes that day, as part of a feature highlighting how plants can be adapted for the future to deal with things like an increased population, reduced space and climate change.
NIAB, Cambridge - A new £2.16m visitor centre and glasshouse facilities to showcase advances in plant genetics have been officially opened by Defra Science Minister Lord de Mauley.
The latest independent advice and research on plant breeding, varieties, crop agronomy, soils and plant innovation – covering everything a visitor to Cereals 2013 is looking for - including:
NIAB TAG is making its popular variety and seed handbook widely available to growers and industry for the first time this spring.
Formerly known as the ‘Seeds Handbook for Agronomists’ the publication is being re-launched as the ‘Variety and Seed Compendium’ for 2013.
Former Defra minister Sir Jim Paice MP has been appointed to the NIAB Board.
NIAB Board Chairman Jeremy Lewis said:
Harper Adams University (HAU) has won the NIAB TAG Agronomy Cup, a new annual national winter wheat trial competition aimed solely at agriculture students.
Ben Gooding, Rob Hosker, Alex McCormack and Howard Tratt from HAU’s FdSc Agriculture course beat students from Easton College, Newcastle University, The Royal Agricultural College, Lincoln University, Sparsholt College and fellow students from HAU’s BSc Agriculture course to take the 2012 title and a £2,000 cash prize for HAU.
Participants at a two day Advanced Training Partnership workshop, offered by Bangor University in Birmingham discovered some interesting facts about carbon foot printing and life cycle assessment of pasture-based agricultural practices. Would you like to explore what they found at greater depth?
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The four student NIAB TAG ASSET winners were invited to take part on the course on improving communication skills; providing free training to eight promising young agriculturists where good communication skills are expected to be integral to their career.
