A farmer’s lot is not an easy one. A difficult and demanding way of life, farming involves a huge range of challenges and stresses – among them isolation, climate change, and disease…Read More >
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EIT Food Impact Award won by University of Reading project
An EIT Food project that the University of Reading is involved in, ‘Integrating Precision Farming into Computer Games’, has won an EIT Food Impact award. The Impact Awards were developed…Read More >
Open Farm Sunday
The University of Reading will participate in the national Open Farm Sunday event for the first time this year. Join us at Sonning Farm to learn more about where your…Read More >
Earthworms Count: How Healthy is Your Soil?
By Jeremy Lelean, Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading Soil, from being an overlooked area of research, is now considered an area of vital interest in the solution to…Read More >
Exploring the impact of drought on 2017 wheat crop
By Professor Donal O’Sullivan, Professor of Crop Science in the School of Agriculture, University of Reading Unfavourable weather patterns and their impact on crop production have again been a major…Read More >