Tag: Soil

Scotland’s Flow Country secures World Heritage Site status

August 5, 2024

Yorkshire’s Marsden Moor found to store over a million tonnes of carbon

August 5, 2024

Study explores crop, soil and water influences to help farmers adapt

July 25, 2024

Report shows farming budget cannot meet climate and nature targets

July 24, 2024

Lidl to invest £1.5bn in regenerative beef production and reduced emissions

July 23, 2024

Study reveals key gene protecting plants from zinc in soil

July 22, 2024

Footprint and Nestlé unveil 2024 Footprint Sustainability Index

July 19, 2024

Irish peat soils are far more vast than we realised

July 19, 2024

Co-op aims to boost sustainability on Britain’s farms

July 15, 2024

Digging deep: value of the soil microbiome unearthed

July 15, 2024

Waging a war for land and soil

July 15, 2024

First Milk urges science-led approach to grass-based agriculture

July 11, 2024

Scotland’s Groundswell takes place next week

July 10, 2024

Wheat from the Chaff podcast – What does Labour’s win mean for food, farming and nature?

July 9, 2024

Survey reveals lowest arable planted area in more than 20 years

July 8, 2024

UNESCO raises global alarm on the rapid degradation of soils

July 8, 2024

Novel fungi study gives rare glimpse into ‘evolution in action’

July 5, 2024

Local markets key to tackling global hunger crisis

July 3, 2024

Roots So Deep showcases hooves and soil as climate solution

July 3, 2024

Why Denmark’s cow carbon tax is deeply misguided

July 3, 2024

Scottish Government must ‘work positively with land managers to address climate change’

July 2, 2024

8.9 Newsweek – UK Election Interviews

June 28, 2024

Three major farm carbon calculators outline roadmap to harmonisation

June 27, 2024

Soil carbon of Irish farms is very high compared to EU soils

June 26, 2024

Exclusive: Soil bacteria found to behave like migrating herds and flocking birds

June 25, 2024

8.9 Newsweek podcast – Peter Byck: “AMP grazing smells amazing, it sounds amazing”

June 21, 2024

Soil moisture study opens door for satellite remote sensing

June 21, 2024

Farm slurry and fertilisers drive continuing rise in nitrous oxide emissions

June 21, 2024

Soil fauna fundamentally alters carbon storage potential

June 20, 2024

Nature’s ‘voice’ now central to Usk Catchment Partnership work

June 20, 2024

Arable Scotland returns with a focus on the new era of farming

June 18, 2024

Earth’s oldest termite mounds are ancient carbon reservoirs

June 18, 2024

UK startup Bactery generating sustainable energy from the earth

June 17, 2024

Moorland management has ‘key role’ to play in delivering for nature

June 17, 2024

FAO showcases down to earth solutions for regenerating desert

June 17, 2024

Pollution and compaction pose severe threats to European soil health

June 14, 2024

Soil essential to Canada’s economic, environmental, human and social health

June 12, 2024

Farmers take on flooding with herbal leys

June 11, 2024

Record high peatland restoration in Scotland

June 7, 2024

Seaweed biostimulant pioneer seeks £4m equity

June 7, 2024

Climate change alters forest soil invertebrate populations

June 7, 2024

Regeneration essential to stop Australia’s soil becoming net CO2 emitter

June 7, 2024

Prof. John Gilliland: “Baselining will be your friend”

June 6, 2024

Cell grazing supports double the livestock of set stocking

June 4, 2024

Every farm should set a goal to increase soil organic carbon

June 3, 2024

Regenagri launches new and updated standards

May 31, 2024

New grass and clover varieties added to recommended lists

May 31, 2024

What do agroecological farmers think about agritech?

May 31, 2024

Climate change disrupting fungal balance in woodland soils

May 29, 2024

Organic farming leads to adaptations in the genetic material in plants

May 28, 2024

FAO launches plan to mainstreaming biodiversity across agriculture

May 28, 2024

‘Globally rare’ chalk stream in the Norfolk Broads restored

May 28, 2024

Roots are a key to drought-resistant maize

May 24, 2024

Scottish consultation on building flood resilient places

May 22, 2024

Scientists develop sticky pesticide to combat pest insects

May 21, 2024

AFSA urges African governments to focus on building soil health

May 20, 2024

Has UK government chosen the right indicators of food security?

May 17, 2024

Integrated crop-livestock systems have a higher biodiversity

May 16, 2024

Study finds antimicrobial resistance in soils Scotland-wide

May 15, 2024

Community service for farmer’s polluting dam of manure

May 14, 2024

Research into the value of treating manure with bokashi

May 7, 2024

Practise the ancient art of worm charming for soil health this May

May 3, 2024

Miraterra announces novel soil digitiser and closes seed funding round

May 3, 2024

UK arable harvest likely to be reduced by one-fifth

May 2, 2024

Traffic light system trialled to inform slurry spreading decisions

April 29, 2024

Confor’s top tips for boosting biodiversity in commercial forests

April 25, 2024

Cover crops in a changing climate

April 25, 2024

Global South takes lead in biochar carbon credits

April 25, 2024

Latest Peatland Code revision now open for consultation

April 24, 2024

Understanding climate warming impacts on tundra carbon

April 22, 2024

Urgent priorities to support Sudan’s food systems

April 18, 2024

“Try Out Fund” dairy farmer aims to increase soil biology

April 18, 2024

Study reveals massive store of global soil carbon

April 17, 2024

Study suggests benefits of testing alternatives to glyphosate

April 12, 2024

Regenerative practices build more soil carbon in vineyards

April 11, 2024

Government urged to deliver for UK food security

March 25, 2024

SRUC researchers win £300k to help farmers achieve net

March 22, 2024

UK invests in monitoring of natural environment

March 20, 2024

“Drastic reduction” in UK cereal cropped areas

March 18, 2024

First flux tower installed in the South of Scotland

March 18, 2024

Adaptive grazing delivers optimal pathways for soil carbon sequestration

March 14, 2024

Soil carbon assessments using in-field, satellite and AI monitoring: David Wright

March 13, 2024

Wheat from the Chaff (re-edit): Soil science, biodiversity renewal, and special guest: Chris Smaje

March 12, 2024

Major Scottish peatland restoration milestone reached

March 6, 2024

Good soil management reduces the “high risk of conventional grazing”

March 6, 2024

Farmers look to help rivers by cutting plough use in maize trials

March 4, 2024

Outdated carbon accounting tools hold back environmental progress

February 26, 2024

8.9 Newsweek – Biodiversity credits, liver fluke, time capsules and diversity in the countryside

February 23, 2024

Rothamsted to explore role of soil microbiomes

February 16, 2024

8.9 Newsweek podcast – Welsh farming, Scottish food and Planet Soil

February 9, 2024