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Pioneering JHI soft fruit scientist honoured with prestigious award Dr Rex Brennan made a major contribution to the development of blackcurrant varieties. A soft fruit scientist who made a global contribution to the development of blackcurrants has been presented with a major award. Dr Rex Brennan is well known in Scotland’s soft fruit industry after a career spent at the James Hutton Institute (JHI) and its predecessor,  the Scottish Crop Research Institute, where he specialised in berry fruit genetics. The Worshipful Company of Fruiters (WCF)  presented Dr Brennan with the Matthew Mack ...

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First Milk FIRST Milk, Nestlé and Agricarbon have announced the launch of a pioneering soil carbon capture project – the first of its kind in the world. The project, which promises to establish a 'comprehensive and scientifically robust' soil carbon baseline for First Milk farms, will use state-of-the-art machinery to carry out soil carbon analysis at a fraction of the usual cost, allowing soil carbon sequestration to be quantified over time. The initial phases of the project are being conducted in partnership with Nestlé, as part of its efforts to drive progress in carbon reductio...

Farmers' co-operative First Milk, along with Nestlé and Agricarbon, have announced the launch of a pioneering soil carbon capture project – the first of its kind in the world. The project, which establishes a comprehensive and scientifically robust soil carbon baseline for First Milk farms, will use state-of-the-art machinery to carry out intensive soil carbon analysis at a fraction of the usual cost. The approach allows soil carbon sequestration to be quantified over time to support the net zero ambitions of First Milk farmers and customers. The initial phases of the project are b...