AGRICULTURE & RURAL ADVICE NEWS

Colleges are urged to enter students for farm business awards 20 November 2009

Colleges are urged to enter students for farm business awards

Colleges and universities have been urged to enter their students into an annual awards scheme that rewards excellence in farm and rural business management. Entries for the 2010 Pinnacle Awards for Excellence in Business Management, now in their 13th year, opened on November 16th.

Climate change challenges
15 January 2010

Climate change challenges

Do you want to know more about climate change and the opportunities and challenges this presents to farmers in the North East region?

NVZ solutions delivered
02 March 2009

NVZ solutions delivered

New rules are in place which relate to the way that farmers need to manage their land, in particular the management of Nitrogen within Nitrate Vulnerable Zones. ADAS staff have been instrumental in developing the PLANET software that allows farmers to ensure effective nutrient use in fields and compliance with the new regulations.

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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...

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...

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,...

MANNER – predicting organic manure nitrogen supply
04 February 2010

MANNER – predicting organic manure nitrogen supply

MANNER is a user friendly software tool that helps farmers and advisors to quantify manure crop available nitrogen (N) supply, and to assess how changing the timing and method of...

PLANET ‘Industry Standard’ Nutrient Management software
04 February 2010

PLANET ‘Industry Standard’ Nutrient Management software

PLANET has been developed by ADAS for the routine field-level planning and recording of fertiliser and manure use based on “RB209 Fertiliser Recommendations”, and as a compliance tool for the...