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All the latest happenings in the world of sustainable farming
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Seven ways to save Scotland's soils
Soil AssociationarticleSoil is a precious resource. With our new document, ‘ Seven Ways to Save Our Soils: Scotland’, we’re calling on politicians, policy makers and farmers...
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Feeding less food-competing feedstuffs to livestock
Organic Research CentrearticleAn interesting new study shows that feeding livestock from grass and by-products from food production could provide sufficient food and reduce environmental impacts of livestock...
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Casualty cow heightens concern about low protein levels in silage
SRUCarticleA casualty animal recently submitted to one of SRUC's Veterinary Investigation Centres confirms earlier fears that some silages being fed to livestock this winter are...
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A big thank you from all the farmland birds
GWCTarticleGWCT's third Big Farmland Bird Count is now complete and the results are flooding in! Across the UK, people have been busy in the wet...
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Organic Market Report 2016: Organic market growth continues
Soil AssociationarticleThe Soil Association’s 2016 Organic Market Report launched today, 23 February, reveals the organic market continued to experience steady growth of 4.9% in 2015. This...
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Nutritional differences between organic and non-organic milk
Organic Research CentrearticleGround-breaking new study finds clear nutritional differences between organic and non-organic meat and milk. In the largest systematic reviews of their kind, an international team...
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Pre-lambing nutrition for ewes
Soil AssociationarticleThere are many factors that can influence the outcome of the lambing period. However one of the most important issues at this time is nutrition...
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Trees for fish as well as flooding
Woodland TrustarticleTrees alongside rivers don’t only help slow the flow of flood waters and reduce diffuse pollution; they can also help with the survival of some...
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Enhanced organic opportunities for postgraduate students
SRUCarticleTwo of the leading UK education and research organisations in the organic sector will formally join together to deliver one of the country’s few postgraduate...
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Huge carbon stores discovered under UK grasslands
Rothamsted ResearcharticleA nationwide survey by ecologists has revealed that over 2 billion US tons of carbon is stored deep under the UK’s grasslands, helping to curb...
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Countryside Stewardship grants soon to open for applications
GOV.UKarticleThe hedgerows and boundaries grant and woodland creation grant under the Countryside Stewardship scheme open for applications this month. Thousands of hectares of England’s countryside...
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Agricology offers new online sustainable agriculture resource
HortidailyarticleThree charitable organizations in the United Kingdom have launched "Agricology," an online resource that translates scientific research into practical advice to help farmers become more...
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Scientific resource to help farmers is launched at Daylesford
Cotswold JournalarticleThe new online resource translates scientific research into practical advice to help farmers become more profitable, resilient and more sustainable, while protecting the environment.
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New sustainable, ecological extension website launched
Future Farming Centre BulletinarticleAgricology is a new website which is translating scientific research into practical advice to help farmers and growers become more profitable and sustainable. It does...
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New resource helps farmers combat lower yields and higher costs
Farmers WeeklyarticleFarmers are being urged to share knowledge from organic and conventional systems to increase margins and deliver sustainable agriculture.
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Agricology: Charities take on the mantle of sustainable farming
Field & Rural LifearticleAn influential audience of farmers, scientists, agricultural experts and policy-makers attended the launch of a unique farming resource called Agricology at Daylesford Organic Farm in...
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Project will help improve profits
South East FarmerarticleAgricology is a new project to help farmers become more profitable while protecting the environment. Founded by three independent charitable organisations – the Daylesford Foundation...
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Organic techniques can help conventional growers boost margins
Farmers WeeklyarticleConventional farmers are being urged to adopt organic farming techniques to cut input costs and boost margins. A new online resource, called Agricology, which translates...
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New Agricology website is launched!
GWCT BlogarticleAgricology aims to bring together information and knowledge to help secure a productive, resilient and sustainable future for agriculture and the farmed environment.
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Agricology
Carole BamfordarticleBees play an essential role in ecosystems and their continual decline is something that I have wanted to tackle for a long time. However, to...
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Agricology: A site for sustainable agriculture
My BabaarticleI’m excited to be going to the launch of a brilliant new website today, called ‘ Agricology ‘. Agricology is a online resource hub that...
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Agricology goes live!
Organic Research CentrearticleWith growing uncertainty about the state of natural resources, pollinator health, climate change and access to good nutrition, the need for resilient and sustainable farming...