The University’s Director of LIAT, Professor Simon Pearson, was interviewed by BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today to introduce a week of programmes shining a spotlight on agri-technology. Farming Today is the UK’s foremost radio show for farmers and food producers. Professor Pearson, who leads the Lincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology, featured on the...
We are delighted to welcome Quantitative Ecologist and Lecturer, Dr Shaun Coutts, to our growing team of academics and researchers. Dr Coutts uses a wide range of statistical and data driven approaches to tackle pressing agricultural issues such as weeds and pests and evolution of resistance. His work encompasses a...
LIAT are thrilled to sponsor the annual Lincolnshire Farming Conference on Tuesday 26th February 2019. Hosted at the iconic Lincolnshire Showground, we will also be exhibiting and welcome all visitors to our stand – come and chat with our friendly researcher team and hear about the ag-related projects they’re...
SalFar (saline farming), is a project which aims to mitigate the potential threats of salinisation through a collaboration of climate experts, researchers, educators, farmers, entrepreneurs and policy makers. In order to accomplish this, the project will conduct research on the salt tolerance of crops, demonstrating alternative methods of farming...
A fruit picking project, nicknamed ‘RAS-Berry’ has seen a collaboration between scientists at the University of Lincoln, SAGA Robotics and Berry Gardens Growers Ltd create the next generation of fruit-picking robots. One of the largest projects of its kind in the EU, the aim is to relieve agricultural workers...
The University of Lincoln was delighted to attend Agri-Tech East’s fifth annual REAP Conference on 7th November in Cambridge. The event provided attendees with the chance to hear views and opinions from a range of technical experts in the agricultural industry, on current topics in areas such as sustainability,...