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University of Oxford Scientists have developed a breakthrough “superfood” for honeybees by engineering yeast to produce the essential nutrients normally found in pollen. In controlled trials, colonies fed this specially designed diet produced up to 15 times more young, showing a dramatic boost in reproduction and overall health. As climate change and modern agriculture reduce the availability of natural pollen, this innovation could offer a practical way to support struggling bee populations.

Artificial intelligence is now widely used across agriculture. Sensors monitor livestock performance, software supports crop planning, and supply chains increasingly rely on predictive analytics. Yet a more important question remains. If AI is already present, why are so many organisations still struggling to translate it into consistent, measurable value?

Nature markets can provide farmers with an additional source of income, as organisations look for new ways to meet environmental goals.

Properly resourced Cheesemakers benefit both the consumer and farmers.

We show that the category of ‘local’ or ‘indigenous’ is not immutable and nor are the practices and interventions that are deemed acceptable. We caution against renditions of local communities as being resistant to change and provide examples of how endogenous pivots toward environmental practices and tourism can be incorporated into an authentic livelihood strategy.

The scale of the challenge is significant: by 2050, England is projected to face a daily shortfall of nearly five billion litres of water.  Against this backdrop, the central question is whether the Water White Paper – and wider government initiatives – will be sufficient to address these pressures. Jessica Sellick investigates.  

UK agriculture is operating in a fundamentally different pricing environment. Input costs – such as fuel, fertiliser and energy - are no longer moving in predictable cycles. Instead, they react quickly to geopolitical events, supply chain pressures and shifts in global energy markets.

Labour shortages are leading to an increase in the number of producers turning to Automated Milking Systems (AMS) to reduce the long and often anti-social hours associated with milking twice or three times a day. FAS Scotland has delivered several meetings and webinars on AMS production throughout 2025 for existing producers and those thinking about converting. This note condenses the key points from those events to help you get the maximum benefit from an AMS system

Recruitment in the agriculture sector has always come with its own unique challenges. Whether you’re a farmer looking for a capable operator, a farm manager building a team, or a consultant advising clients on business growth, finding the right people is rarely straightforward.

Corporate regenerative agriculture acts as a new form of rural governance. Four governance logics shape rural adaptation: compliance, experimentation, partnership, branding. Temporal and legitimacy gaps limit the depth of corporate regenerative transitions. “Legitimacy traps” explain why audit-driven systems sustain credibility without real change. True regeneration depends on co-adaptive governance and shared risk between firms and farmers.

Drawing from practical field experience at the Teaching and Research Farm of Obafemi Awolowo University, this paper examines how the introduction of the Ayaya cassava variety, combined with targeted value chain interventions, can improve productivity, enhance processing efficiency, and strengthen market value/participation.

England's first Land Use Framework sets out a plan for managing the country's finite land to ensure the nation's long-term resilience. Government commits to maintain food production and safeguard our most productive agricultural land. Developers, investors and farmers will be given access to cutting edge data to speed up infrastructure delivery, support business diversification and restore nature at scale to deliver our climate change and environment targets