The judges cited Alex’s “entrepreneurial flair, her drive to gain experience and dedication to improving agriculture’s safety record” as reasons why she beat competition from other leading universities in the land-based sector.
Some 36 students from the BSc (Hons) and MSc Real Estate courses visited Newland Homes’ 39-home New Town Park development in Toddington, in the Cotswolds.
The 2.6 hectare plot is used to teach students from food production, business and agriculture courses and they also take part in the cultivation and picking. The 40 rows of vines contain mainly Ortega grapes, with a small amount of Seyval Blanc, Bacchus and Chardonnay.
When I used to cycle up the road to borrow a pony for a hack, I never dreamed I’d be travelling to East Asia to take part in a study into the genetics of speed in Mongolian racing ponies.
Where will you be this time next year? How about farming in New Zealand? By the time you read this, I’ll have started a full year of work on a New Zealand dairy farm thanks to winning the Richard Wigram NZ Farming Scholarship.
Experts from the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) and Aberystwyth University found differences in brain function pointed to a stress-relieving effect for this biting behaviour known as ‘cribbing’.
The grasping motion appears to mimic grazing or trying to find food suggesting a connection with housing conditions that restrict natural feeding patterns, according to the study.
“The extreme heat and very dry conditions are affecting agriculture in many ways and the impact of this extreme weather is going to be felt for months to come. The most important months for crop growth in the United Kingdom are May to August as temperatures, day length and weather are normally opti
Named after the late Professor John Alliston, who was Emeritus Professor of Agriculture at the RAU, the centre will be a base for Gloucestershire businesses of all kinds and a headquarters for innovators working across the UK’s agriculture and land-based industries.
Tayla, who studies Applied Farm Management, is one of ten people to make it through to the finals of the Farmers Weekly’s annual challenge.
The contestants are put through their paces with various agriculture and land-based tasks with a winner announced in the autumn.
The RAU paid tribute to the careers and impact of these leaders at its graduation ceremonies in Cirencester Parish Church on Thursday 19 July 2018.