24 February 2010
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.
18 January 2010
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).
21 September 2009
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.