Nupur Tailor’s TMAF funded PhD is looking at the beta-glucan levels in different barley germplasm with the aim of increasing the levels in the already established spring barley cultivars in the UK using multi-disciplinary approaches including crop management, trait introgression, and gene editing.
Louisa Moor’s TMAF funded soil science PhD will aim to explore soil health and carbon storage under regenerative compared to conventional agricultural management.
In early May, eighteen students visited Morley Farm to find out more about the learning opportunities linked to food, farming and the natural environment.
Recently, TMAF Chair Richard Wilbourn and David Jones were guests of the Newbury and District Agricultural Society to judge their crop competitions. They enjoyed the chance to look at the crops and, as David reports back, noticed several significant differences between farming in the West compared to the East.
