Cotswold Hills dry white wine is harvested at the RAU’s vineyard in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, with students involved throughout the process from grape to shop shelf.
The group gained expert knowledge and farm management experience along with the skills to train others once back in Angola, where they are now managing a specially selected 5,000 ha farm.
Speaking at the annual Food and Farming Futures conference, Professor Tom MacMillan said the UK had 'barely scratched the surface’ of what was possible in terms of transformative change in the sector.
Released today by University College of Estate Management (UCEM), The Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV), The Prince’s Countryside Fund, Royal Agricultural University and Northumbrian Water Group, with support from a steering group including Addington Fund, the report identifies and examines the measures needed t
Suzanna Hext - who has won three European Gold medals in para dressage and World Silver and Bronze in para swimming - was made an Honorary Fellow of the RAU. Henry Jackson and Alfie England received Bravery Awards from the Royal Humane Society, for saving a man’s life while they were rowing in Gloucester canal.
New approaches are needed that tackle them without these chemicals, such as precision weed monitoring, electric and foam weed control, Dr Nicola Cannon of the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) said.
Led by the University of Bristol, with support from Bristol Vet School and the RAU, the new Global Animal Welfare Assurance (GAWA) scheme launched on World Animal Day (4 October).
GAWA aims to share knowledge and best practice with farmers and food businesses to increase the proportion of animals farmed to high-welfare standards.
The University won the prize at the Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative (SFEDI) and Institute for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship (IOEE) awards this week (3 October).
The honour is given “in recognition of a learning provider that has delivered beyond its remit, meeting complex learner requirements and exceeding SFEDI and IOEE’s exacting standards”.
Tayla Harding shared the results of a survey she devised and carried out for her Royal Agricultural University (RAU) dissertation with an audience of industry professionals at the Sheep Veterinary Congress this month.
The lecture will build on the views expressed in her book 'The Fight for Beauty; Our Path to a Better Future' published in 2017. This has made a considerable impact in drawing attention to the importance of our countryside and our need to protect it.