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The planning is well underway now for Potatoes in Practice (PiP), which will take place on Thursday 7 August 2025 at The James Hutton Institute’s Balruddery Farm in Invergowrie, near Dundee.
What’s a good way to help people of all ages understand what plant scientists actually do? Turn it into a game of Snakes and Ladders but call it ‘The Race for Better Barley’.
Human activities have harmed our climate and the natural environment which supports our collective wellbeing. Standing still is no longer an option – fundamental change is needed to shift toward more sustainable futures.
Titled the Trustable AI in Mapping (TAiM) initiative, the project used funding from Innovate UK to establish clear evaluation standards for AI-driven environmental mapping, ensuring its credibility and effectiveness in real-world applications.
We all like a raspberry, strawberry or blueberry – who doesn’t? But what if we never had access to these fruits?
April 2025 has gone down as the third warmest April on our Invergowrie site since our records began in 1954.
A researcher from The James Hutton Institute was invited to a Chinese academy to give a talk on smart farming and digital agriculture.
Did you know that up to 44 bottles of Scottish whisky are exported around the world every second? That’s a whopping 1.4 billion 70cl bottles exported each year.
The James Hutton Institute can report that the weather in spring 2025 was rather pleasant, 3rd sunniest march since records began.
Congratulations to our Head of Forensic Science, Professor Lorna Dawson, who was presented with the Award for Science at the Fletcher of Saltoun Awards last week.
