agriculture

Study: Trebling solar capacity by 2030 would require just 0.4 per cent of UK land

Solar

Study: Trebling solar capacity by 2030 would require just 0.4 per cent of UK land

Deploying sufficient solar power to deliver a clean UK power system this decade would require less land than is currently covered by golf courses, new satellite analysis claims

clock 15 April 2025 • 5 min read
Harder, better, faster, stronger? The brave new world of AI-driven, gene-edited fruit and veg

Supply chain

Harder, better, faster, stronger? The brave new world of AI-driven, gene-edited fruit and veg

UK start-up Phytoform is developing 'browning-resistant' potatoes and ultra productive tomatoes - could lab-developed, precision breeding hold the key to a more climate resilient food system?

clock 14 April 2025 • 13 min read
Vertical farm operator Jones Food Company appoints administrators

Technology

Vertical farm operator Jones Food Company appoints administrators

Ocado-backed firm ceases operations, with 61 staff made redundant

clock 14 April 2025 • 2 min read
Farming subsidy reforms may be in the firing line, but change is urgently needed

Policy

Farming subsidy reforms may be in the firing line, but change is urgently needed

The government has angered farmers and green groups alike by suspending the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme, but as Roger Harrabin argues the underlying principles behind farming subsidy reform remain robust

clock 17 March 2025 • 3 min read
Study: Rapid action needed to deliver methane-busting farming practices

Climate change

Study: Rapid action needed to deliver methane-busting farming practices

WRI argues more policy and private sector support needed to scale numerous promising, cost effective and readily available approaches exist for tackling methane in agriculture

clock 07 March 2025 • 4 min read
Müller launches 'Fast Track' real-time data analysis to cut on-farm emissions

Supplier

Müller launches 'Fast Track' real-time data analysis to cut on-farm emissions

Müller UK & Ireland announces three-year tech partnership with Kite Consulting that aims to greenhouse gas emissions from 40 dairy farms

clock 15 January 2025 • 3 min read
Calf genetically modified to 'burp less' and reduce dairy's greenhouse gas emissions

Technology

Calf genetically modified to 'burp less' and reduce dairy's greenhouse gas emissions

Could the future see more 'environmentally friendly cows' in the UK?

clock 06 January 2025 • 3 min read
'A wake-up call for us all': New data confirms historically poor UK harvest

Risk

'A wake-up call for us all': New data confirms historically poor UK harvest

Defra confirms 2024 has seen the third lowest production for wheat, barley, oats and oilseed rape since modern records began in 1984

clock 13 December 2024 • 3 min read
'A voluntary approach hasn't been enough': Report argues food producers should be required to invest in the nature they profit from

Biodiversity

'A voluntary approach hasn't been enough': Report argues food producers should be required to invest in the nature they profit from

Green Alliance calls for fresh 'obligations and incentives' to encourage food companies to invest more in protecting and restoring natural capital

clock 08 November 2024 • 3 min read
How a quarter of the world's crops are now grown in areas threatened by water supply risks

Risk

How a quarter of the world's crops are now grown in areas threatened by water supply risks

Growing risks such as climate change and resource scarcity are threatening water supplies and ultimately food security, new WRI analysis warns

clock 16 October 2024 • 4 min read