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Hemp growing trial for potential use in Welsh agriculture

New research on the potential of growing hemp seed and fibre on Welsh farms for industrial purposes is underway at Aberystwyth University.

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Welsh mountain sheep face an uncertain future. Jon Moorby

Climate change could wreck traditional sheep farming in Wales

Writing in The Conversation, Muhammad Naveed Arshad and Mariecia Fraser from IBERS discuss the problems facing sheep farmers owing to extreme summer weather, and the fact that a continuation of the exceptional heat and drought of recent summers will make it unlikely that Wales can continue to support its 10 million sheep:

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Ponies grazing in a bluebell meadow in Dartmoor National Park, Devon. Helen Hotson/Shutterstock

Britain's endangered native ponies could help habitats recover – and Brexit offers an opportunity

Dr Mariecia Fraser (Reader in Upland Agroecology and Lead Scientist at the Pwllpeiran Upland Research Centre) writes in The Conversation, about the wild ponies that have inhabited Britain for over 4,000 years but are in danger of dying out:

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Left to right: The winners of the 2019 NIAB Agronomy Cup Yiannos Constantinou, Danika Lustle, Courtney Ifill and Summer de Slegte with lecturer Dr Irene Griffiths (centre).

Aberystwyth students win NIAB Agronomy Cup for the third time

One of the UK’s leading competitions for agriculture and crop science students has been won for the third year running by Aberystwyth University.

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Hemp growing trial for potential use in Welsh agriculture

Climate change could wreck traditional sheep farming in Wales

Britain's endangered native ponies could help habitats recover – and Brexit offers an opportunity

Aberystwyth students win NIAB Agronomy Cup for the third time

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