Innovation Support for Farmers

Interesting article below... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/09/farming-is-a-dirty-word-now-the-woman-helping-farmers-navigate-a-grim-uncertain-future Couple of quotes stood out for me "And cumulatively, the consensus is that many farmers are done. Done with the insistence that f

https://youtube.com/@dustupstexas I'm really enjoying this YouTube channel! A novice has bought land on a desert and is trying to grow on it. The project is still in it's infancy but is well researched/documented. He would probably appreciate pointers/ideas if anyone is from that background! Al

The Innovative Farmers Network recently held a webinar about feeding willow to lambs. If you’d like access to the recording of the webinar or share it, the link is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnnKD3VA_BU They are running some field labs, asking farmers with established willow to tale pa

We are collating a list of questions to put to academic institutions and researchers in Northern Ireland. What are the questions you would like answers to in order to improve your farm? Here's a list we've started. Please do add to it... •Grass quality/nutrient/mineral content under different manage

QUB will be running Design Sprints with multidisciplinary teams of students in September. If you have any ideas for challenges add them here and we'll pass them on to the team at QUB.

Hi Guys and Gals. I am sitting on a panel of farmers for the above event, which has been called in order to gather information from the wider farming community as to what research we all deem would be useful/necessary to us. Its a chance for us to make our challenges, needs and desires made known. T

Just skimmed through this UK Wool Innovation Action Plan. Looks like there will be support for projects around wool innovation from Innovate UK - worth keeping an eye on this - you can sign up for the Circular Economy Innovation Network https://info.ktn-uk.org/p/2VFU-COI/circular-economy-innovation

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I stumbled across this by accident while listening to podcasts out fencing the other day. It was an interview on the Pasture Pod with Holly Beckett of Focused Farmers and discusses the quite tricky subject of state of mind. At first glance perhaps this seems entirely irrelevant to both farming and i