If not brush up on your identification skills with places still available on NIAB TAG's 'Grass and Grassland Weed ID' training course on 30 October at Duchy College and on 14 November at NIAB in Cambridge.
We're also running a 'Grass Pests and Disease ID' training course on the morning of 15 November at Cambridge.
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Advanced Training Partnership celebrates successful Get Smart with Grass workshop
The Advanced Training Partnership (ATP Pasture) for Sustainable and Efficient Food Production recently launched their training programme at the Livestock 2012 event. The partnership consisting of the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), The National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) and Bangor University is also celebrating the success of its inaugural CPD workshop Get Smart with Grass, which took place at the end of September.
NIAB TAG has set up a task-force to investigate the 2012 yield performance issues in winter wheat, with the aim of understanding and explaining the drop in yield across much of the country as well as significant local yield variations.
Jeremy Lewis, former head of agriculture at accountants Grant Thornton, has been elected new Chairman of the NIAB Board. He succeeds Tony Pexton, who has chaired the NIAB Board for the past eight years and stands down after 11 years on the Board.
Richard MacDonald, former NFU Director-General and chair of Defra’s Better Regulation Task Force, has been elected Vice-Chairman of the NIAB Board.
The Advanced Training Partnership for Sustainable and Efficient Food Production (ATP Pasture) launched its flexible training programme at Livestock 2012 on the 4th September. The partnership is funded by BBSRC and consists of three institutions: the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Bangor University and the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB).
Livestock and dairy farmers will have access to locally-relevant forage crop variety and agronomy information with the establishment of a new UK technical crop service.
Thirteen new first choice varieties have been added to the 2013 Forage Maize Descriptive List (DL) launched by BSPB and NIAB at the Livestock 2012 Event.
Work has begun on a new £1.4 million building on the outskirts of Cambridge dedicated to showcasing the benefits of plant genetic innovation in agriculture and industry.
NIAB TAG has appointed Gareth Burns as its Forage Crops Specialist.
Dr Burns will provide specialist technical and research expertise on herbage and maize crops and will also lead the development of NIAB TAG’s new Forage Crop Centre. Based near Dartington in Devon, the Centre provides a focal point for the expansion of the organisation’s research and information services in grass, clover and forage maize.
Increased cereal yields for UK farmers and lower greenhouse gas emissions are the key objectives of a ground breaking new £644,000 research project commissioned by the HGCA and carried out by the James Hutton Institute and NIAB TAG.
