FARMERS ARCHIVE
2010
19 July 2010
Resource efficiency is about managing a business’s resources, energy and water in order to minimise waste. Avoiding waste or...
12 July 2010
Farmers and landowners have the chance to discuss new opportunities on renewable energy with ADAS specialists at this year’s Royal...
05 July 2010
The benefits of renewable energy generation are perfectly apparent and incentives to adopt these technologies with the introduction of the...
05 July 2010
Solar, wind, bio-mass, hydropower and anaerobic digestion are all contributing increasing fractions of energy to the country’s needs. Whether...
29 June 2010
ADAS and VI-CIC are holding a series of agronomist meetings on pesticides and water quality in July 2010.
16 June 2010
The Pesticides Forum has published its latest annual report ‘Pesticides in the UK – the 2009 report on the impacts...
15 June 2010
ADAS is delivering a series of workshops as part of the Livestock Health South East Project. These events will be...
14 June 2010
We have heard from politicians recently about the economy, immigration, defence and tax. However there has been very little discussion...
04 June 2010
ADAS will be exhibiting at this year's Cereals Event in Cambridgeshire (9-10th June), come and visit us on stand 510!...
21 May 2010
A student from Newcastle University who authored a sustainable business development plan to expand a dairy farm and reduce its...
29 April 2010
Water use in agricultural production including the embedded water in imported agricultural commodities and goods such as food and clothes...
07 April 2010
Plunge dipping of sheep in water both to wash fleeces and as a way to control ectoparasites has been carried...
07 April 2010
ADAS scientists have brought together new and topical information to help farmers make correct nitrogen decisions this Spring/Summer. The full...
23 March 2010
See how efficient your business is compared to similar businesses by using the new ADAS Energy Efficiency tool.
17 March 2010
We look forward to welcoming you to one of three farm open days delivered by ADAS Sustainable Crop Management staff....
08 March 2010
ADAS has teamed up with the University of Warwick to offer a postgraduate course in sustainable crop production – designed...
24 February 2010
Ensuring our future food security is arguably the most pressing challenge facing mankind today. It is also one of the...
24 February 2010
Food security and the pressure it places on land use and management is fast becoming one of the defining issues...
22 February 2010
This Guide deals with the SSAFO regulations specifying the minimum legal standards required to prevent pollution of water from agriculture....
11 February 2010
Two important Government announcements were made last week about further support for renewable energy technologies. Both are good news for...
09 February 2010
Infectious disease is still the most important veterinary problem in farm animal medicine. While there are vaccines available for many...
04 February 2010
ADAS scientists have brought together new and topical information to help farmers make correct nitrogen decisions this Spring. The full...
02 February 2010
ADAS Energy consultants recently conducted a feasibility study on installing a GSHP at a greenhouse nursery based in Evesham. The...
25 January 2010
Defra together with the EA has recently announced that ADAS is to lead a major collaborative research programme in one...
20 January 2010
Hydatid disease is a serious parasitic zoonotic condition associated with sheep farming in the UK and many other parts of...
18 January 2010
The practice of rearing pigs outside for part or all of their life has seen a dramatic increase over the...
15 January 2010
ADAS, together with industry professionals and a Veterinary Animal Health Officer, are to hold 10 early evening workshops (7 pm...
15 January 2010
Do you want to know more about climate change and the opportunities and challenges this presents to farmers in the...
2009
27 November 2009
The Met Office Virtual Met Mast™, available from ADAS, is a versatile tool for assisting with the analysis, evaluation and...
24 November 2009
The Countryside and Rights of Way (CRoW) Act came into force in November 2000 and made provision for the right...
23 November 2009
Recently, obtaining planning consent has become more difficult due to the fact that planners are required by regulation to request...
20 November 2009
Colleges and universities have been urged to enter their students into an annual awards scheme that rewards excellence in farm...
13 October 2009
With greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from agriculture representing a significant percentage of UK emissions, a new report produced by leading...
09 October 2009
ADAS has a series of projects assessing the impacts of changing availability of pesticides. This follows changes to EU...
21 September 2009
ADAS dairy consultants have been working with farmers at the Stoneleigh Dairy Event at Livestock Show this week. The...
17 August 2009
A range of information has just been published to help farmers and agronomists manage oilseed rape to minimise the risks...
13 August 2009
The ‘ADAS Farmers’ Voice survey’ has shown farmers are more positive now than at the start of the decade about...
15 July 2009
Britain has successfully obtained a derogation from the EC Nitrates Directive allowing livestock farmers to have a manure nitrogen (N)...
06 July 2009
Optimisation of fertiliser inputs, compliance with NVZ regulations and the impact of the Glasdir scheme are just a few of...
26 June 2009
How can spray operators take account of the concerns of residents living adjacent to farmland? ADAS Consultants provide some...
10 June 2009
ADAS consultants have completed an on-line and printed version of The Encyclopaedia of Arable Weeds. Jointly funded by HGCA and...
03 June 2009
A recent article on 'Swine Influenza and Factory Farming' produced by CIWF suggested a link to human health from farming...
21 May 2009
ADAS crop scientists have been involved in a major report which hopes to improve understanding of the importance of productive...
19 May 2009
Following the introduction of risk based monitoring programmes and the availability of new analytical methods, metaldehyde (one of the active...
30 April 2009
The scheme was introduced in 1993 and aims to protect food names on a geographical or traditional recipe basis and...
08 April 2009
A combination of bad weather, Government spending and unstable input prices have left farmers feeling the pinch, while pressure on...
08 April 2009
Following new environmental regulations which came into force on the 1st January 2009, dairy farmers are having to reassess business...
06 April 2009
A collaborative research project led by ADAS has found that venison not only contains significantly less fat than other red...
02 April 2009
A series of crises in the European Union (EU) in the latter part of the last century, including the BSE...
02 April 2009
Economists and agricultural scientists tend to be optimistic in their assessment of the world's ability to support its rapidly growing...
02 March 2009
New rules are in place which relate to the way that farmers need to manage their land, in particular the...
02 March 2009
Farming Connect is an integrated Wales wide service for farming families. It is funded through the Rural Development Plan 2007-2013...