A new study from The James Hutton Institute has shown that planting several hundred thousand hectares of new woodland and agroforestry would be necessary to help Scotland achieve net-zero carbon emissions in the livestock sector by 2050.
Researchers at The James Hutton Institute, in partnership with Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), are exploring how different Bere barley varieties perform across a wide range of environments in Scotland and beyond.
As part of the BARIToNE (Barley Industrial Training Network) Collaborative Training Partnership, each PhD student on the programme undertakes a three-to-six-month placement working with a designated industrial partner.
Researchers at The James Hutton Institute working on a collaborative project exploring how kelp extracts can enhance nutrient management in farming, have reported promising results from a controlled glasshouse experiment that aimed to determine whether the kelp extracts could improve nutrient uptake under fertiliser-limited conditions.
Researchers at The James Hutton Institute working on a collaborative project exploring how kelp extracts can enhance nutrient management in farming, have reported promising results from a controlled glasshouse experiment that aimed to determine whether the kelp extracts could improve nutrient uptake under fertiliser-limited conditions.
A new study from The James Hutton Institute, Scotland’s pre-eminent interdisciplinary scientific research institute for the sustainable management of land, crop and nature resources, has found that the levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) present in surface water increase during winter.
Scotland’s leading event for knowledge exchange in arable farming, Arable Scotland, has launched a new initiative which will take place at The James Hutton Institute in Invergowrie, on Tuesday 24th February 2026.
As far back as the 1970s we were involved in flax production, a crop that used to be grown widely in Scotland but fell out of favour due to competition from cotton and synthetic fibres.
RURACTIVE aims to promote equitable and sustainable change in rural areas by developing and testing smart, community-led, tailor-made, place-based and inclusive solutions within local “Multi-Actor Rural Innovation Ecosystems”
We are proud to announce our participation in Crop Protection Strategies for the Transition to Environmentally-Friendly Agriculture (CROPSAFE).
