University of Lincoln celebrates Agri-Tech Week 2017

As part of Agri-Tech East‘s annual Agri-Tech Week, the Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology hosted a talk on Soils & Water. On Monday 6th November, 2017, guests at the University of Lincoln’s Riseholme campus had the opportunity to see various presentations and an interactive workshop, covering the impact of coastal flooding...

MSc Agri-Food Tech students visit Branston

In October 2017, a group of students studying the MSc Agri-Food Technology programme at the University of Lincoln, visited Branston, Lincolnshire. Established in 1968 by a collaborative group of farmers in Branston, Lincolnshire, the company are a hugely successful producer and processor of potatoes. Their volume grew from 15,000 tonnes a year in...

Soil science isn’t just a load of old pants!

LIAT’s Senior Lecturer and soil scientist, Dr Iain Gould, has recently carried out a soil health test using the humble cotton brief.  Dr Gould’s experiment involved burying three separate pairs of 100% cotton underpants in three different environments at the Riseholme Campus; woodland, grassland and arable field. Once buried, the...

New INTERREG project launches at the University of Lincoln

In early October 2017, the University of Lincoln hosted delegates from 7 countries to launch a new European Union Interreg funded project to investigate potential developments in saline and salt-tolerant agricultural systems. The project, SalFar, sees Lincoln International Business School, Lincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology (LIAT) and the University’s...

LIAT to exhibit at UK Produce Industry Fair 2017

The Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology (LIAT), University of Lincoln, UK, will be exhibiting at this year’s UK Produce Industry Fair on Wednesday 13th and Thursday 14th September at the Peterborough Arena in the East of England Showground. The annual fair aims to showcase all aspects of the industry from...