PhD student, Juliette Schillings, has published two papers! The first is in in Frontiers in Animal Science. It is a review paper exploring different precision livestock farming technologies and the possible…Read More >

The quotes from David in the CNN article on the future of autonomous agriculture were as follows: “David Rose, an Associate Professor of agricultural innovation at the University of Reading,…Read More >

David spoke to BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today programme on the future of farm machinery, discussing the social, economic, and ethical challenges with autonomous machinery in particular. Listen to it…Read More >

David contributed to an IFAD podcast on the effects of COVID-19 on farmer mental health. You can listen to the podcast here.

During the last week, David gave a presentation at a Westminster Policy Forum on the future of agricultural innovation policy in the UK, followed by an address to Conservative MPs…Read More >

In the last month, we have been delighted to welcome several new members to the group. Dr Faye Shortland (100%) and Dr Paul Hurley (20%) start as postdoctoral researchers for…Read More >

Written evidence submitted from the Universities of Sheffield and Reading (Rose) to the EFRA Committee inquiry on the new Environmental Land Management Scheme has been published. We outline a number…Read More >

David contributed to a University of Reading video giving advice on how to become more sustainable ahead of Earth Hour 2021. https://twitter.com/UniofReading/status/1375855189303918593  

Funded by Defra as part of their Test and Trials programme, Agricology led a piece of work looking into the use of online videos and podcasts to conduct knowledge exchange…Read More >

On page 52 of the March 2021 copy of Arable Farming, a report is given of David’s FIRA presentation on the responsible development of autonomous robots. This paper is still…Read More >