27 Aug 2018
Scotland's first vertical indoor farm unveiled at Hutton Dundee site
The James Hutton Institute
"There are genuine potential game-changing opportunities both for new and conventional horticultural and agricultural systems that can come from the collaboration between IGS and the James Hutton Institute"
24 Aug 2018
Andrew has winning diversification formula
A motor racing marketing guru who went on to create an award-winning gin company is set to explain the winning formula for diversification.
24 Aug 2018
Deep impact
Scotland’s Rural College has been recognised for the global impact of its dairy research by a leading scientific journal.
23 Aug 2018
Scientists reveal new insight into tackling obesity
The Rowett Institute
Obesity has become one of the most significant challenges to human health.
23 Aug 2018
Research to improve flavour of UK raspberries
The James Hutton Institute
raspberry
"We’ve tried for a long time to try to understand the basis of flavour in raspberries and what we found was it was determined to a very large extent by environmental factors"
22 Aug 2018
Hutton team declared best in the world in clay mineralogy
The James Hutton Institute
Professor Steve Hillier
"We are always looking to improve our methods and our participation in the Reynolds Cup has helped to keep us at the leading edge, internationally, of the development of quantitative mineralogical analysis of soils and rocks"
20 Aug 2018
All creatures great and small
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has become one of only two institutions in Scotland – and only ten in the UK – to offer a degree in Veterinary Nursing.
16 Aug 2018
Corporate culture can impact the benefits of workplace sharing
The James Hutton Institute
"Sometimes, policy solutions that make perfect sense at first sight can lead to unintended consequences because, although people make decisions independently, the effects of those decisions are played out in a shared space"
14 Aug 2018
Scottish rivers are warming, Hutton research shows
The James Hutton Institute
"We modelled the water temperature of the river Spey as the first step towards assessing how future changes in climate, land-use, management, industry and water use might influence river temperatures"
14 Aug 2018
Crop Wild Relatives pre-breeding data available on Germinate 3
The James Hutton Institute
"Germinate 3 fills a role not offered by other plant genetic resources software platform. In short, it is capable of integrating both genotypic and phenotypic data with passport data"
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10 Aug 2018
Climate-resilient spuds in focus at Potatoes in Practice 2018
The James Hutton Institute
"When the weather is warmer than 14-22˚C, tuber production is inhibited, reducing potato tuber production, with damaging consequences for both producer and consumer"
8 Aug 2018
Muesli helps slug it to farm pest
SRUC
An unlikely new weapon in Scottish farming’s battle with the multi-million pound slug menace has been revealed – Swiss-style muesli.
6 Aug 2018
Modern dairying practices the subject of Edinburgh Fringe show
The James Hutton Institute
"It’s an important time for dairy farming in the UK; the sector has moved away from one type of system based on seasonal grazing and housing."
6 Aug 2018
Know the score
The importance of body condition scoring mature ewes at key stages in the year, such as weaning and pre-tupping, has been highlighted by the Scottish Government’s Farm Advisory Service (FAS).
3 Aug 2018
Mountain research piques Cabinet Secretary’s interest
SRUC
SRUC’s Kirkton & Auchtertyre upland research and demonstration farms, near Crianlarich, were recently the focus of a Ministerial visit.
2 Aug 2018
Feed and phenotyping
SRUC
A special event at Scotland’s only “phenotype farm” has highlighted the importance of feed-intake monitoring.
2 Aug 2018
Post-Brexit discussions in London
SRUC
Staff from SRUC's Rural Policy Centre recently spent a day in London talking to politicians and policy makers about post-Brexit challenges in Scotand.
1 Aug 2018
A big call
SRUC
A large-scale telephone survey of thousands of Scottish farmers has been announced.
30 Jul 2018
Crop mixtures and evolution can improve agricultural productivity
The James Hutton Institute
“Only mixed cropping with plants with mixture coexistence histories has the potential to not only reduce competition but also to enable the evolution of facilitative interactions, thereby maximising beneficial effects of enhanced biodiversity”
30 Jul 2018
Birch lab discover new knowledge in fight against potato blight disease
The James Hutton Institute
"This study reveals that protecting the host protein SWAP70 by reducing the activity of NRL1, a negative regulator of immunity, could provide a method to combat late blight disease"