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Finding the global solution to food security: sustainable productivity 24 February 2010

Finding the global solution to food security: sustainable productivity

Food security and the pressure it places on land use and management is fast becoming one of the defining issues of our time. The equation is simple: based on population forecasts and current crop yields, global food production needs to increase 50 per cent in the next 30 years.

Pointers for outdoor pigs
18 January 2010

Pointers for outdoor pigs

The practice of rearing pigs outside for part or all of their life has seen a dramatic increase over the last decade with 42% of sows in England now kept outdoors (June 2008 census).

Dairy farmers must take advantage of improving milk market forecast
21 September 2009

Dairy farmers must take advantage of improving milk market forecast

ADAS dairy consultants have been working with farmers at the Stoneleigh Dairy Event at Livestock Show this week. The message is that dairy farmers need to take advantage of a predicted period of stability in the milk market to prepare for more volatility when EU quotas are removed in 2015.

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ADAS helps secure industry skills for the future
08 March 2010

ADAS helps secure industry skills for the future

ADAS has teamed up with the University of Warwick to offer a postgraduate course in sustainable crop production – designed to address a shortage of specialists investigating solutions to food...

How energy efficient is your farm business?
05 March 2010

How energy efficient is your farm business?

See how efficient your business is compared to similar businesses by using the new ADAS Energy Efficiency tool.

Safeguarding food security and meeting societal demands
24 February 2010

Safeguarding food security and meeting societal demands

Ensuring our future food security is arguably the most pressing challenge facing mankind today. It is also one of the most complicated because it is intertwined with so many other...

A Rough Guide to controlling pollution from silage, slurry and agricultural fuel oil
22 February 2010

A Rough Guide to controlling pollution from silage, slurry and agricultural fuel oil

This Guide deals with the SSAFO regulations specifying the minimum legal standards required to prevent pollution of water from agriculture. It aims to minimise risk of water pollution from silage,...

Government announces further support for renewable energy technologies
11 February 2010

Government announces further support for renewable energy technologies

Two important Government announcements were made last week about further support for renewable energy technologies. Both are good news for those supporting the development of “green” energy projects in the...