Scientists at The James Hutton Institute, Scotland’s pre-eminent interdisciplinary scientific research institute for the sustainable management of land, crop and nature resources, have developed a new test that reduces the time required to analyse water samples for indicators of faecal contamination from 24 hours to four.
The EuroBlight monitoring team has published its first set of results for the 2025 potato season.
An international team of researchers, led by The James Hutton Institute, has unveiled a powerful new digital solution to one of the oldest challenges in crop research: the ‘pen and paper’ error.
The Isle of Coll community met at a workshop organised by The James Hutton Institute to discuss the role of housing in the island’s future.
Representatives from Lewis and Harris, Shetland and Orkney gathered at the new, state-of-the-art Hutton Hub at The James Hutton Institute’s Craigiebuckler campus recently for their second inter-island meeting.
The IBH will showcase a suite of research at Cereals 2026, taking place at Diddly Squat Farm on 10th and 11th June
For the 15th year running, barley enthusiasts gathered at the Birnam Arts Centre for the Barley Away Days
Social researchers from The James Hutton Institute, Scotland’s pre-eminent interdisciplinary scientific research institute for the sustainable management of land, crop and nature resources, will host workshops in Kyle of Lochalsh on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 March to share and discuss findings from a ‘citizen land science’ project focusing on community connections to the Plock of Kyle – a section of community-owned land at the mainland end of the Skye Bridge.
About the Summer School The ESSA Summer School 2026 will take place from Monday 17 to Friday 21 August 2026 at The James
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.
