A comparison of energy use in conventional and integrated arable farming systems in the UK

2003 ◽  
Vol 97 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 241-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.P. Bailey ◽  
W.D. Basford ◽  
N. Penlington ◽  
J.R. Park ◽  
J.D.H. Keatinge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Use ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Arable Farming ◽  
The Uk

New Technologies to Combat Herbicide Resistance

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-92
Author(s):  
Rob Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Herbicide Resistance ◽  
Cover Crops ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Green Revolution ◽  
Arable Land ◽  
Limited Range ◽  
Cultural Control ◽  
Arable Farming ◽  
The Uk

Herbicide resistance in problem weeds is now a major threat to global food production, being particularly widespread in wild grasses affecting cereal crops. In the UK, black-grass (Alopecurus myosuroides) holds the title of number one agronomic problem in winter wheat, with the loss of production associated with herbicide resistance now estimated to cost the farming sector at least £0.5 billion p.a. Black-grass presents us with many of the characteristic traits of a problem weed; being highly competitive, genetically diverse and obligately out-crossing, with a growth habit that matches winter wheat. With the UK’s limited arable crop rotations and the reliance on the repeated use of a very limited range of selective herbicides we have been continuously performing a classic Darwinian selection for resistance traits in weeds that possess great genetic diversity and plasticity in their growth habits. The result has been inevitable; the steady rise of herbicide resistance across the UK, which now affects over 2.1 million hectares of some of our best arable land. Once the resistance genie is out of the bottle, it has proven difficult to prevent its establishment and spread. With the selective herbicide option being no longer effective, the options are to revert to cultural control; changing rotations and cover crops, manual rogueing of weeds, deep ploughing and chemical mulching with total herbicides such as glyphosate. While new precision weeding technologies are being developed, their cost and scalability in arable farming remains unproven. As an agricultural scientist who has spent a working lifetime researching selective weed control, we seem to be giving up on a technology that has been a foundation stone of the green revolution. For me it begs the question, are we really unable to use modern chemical and biological technology to counter resistance? I would argue the answer to that question is most patently no; solutions are around the corner if we choose to develop them.

scholarly journals The economic value of sustainable soil management in arable farming systems – A conceptual framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 126334
Author(s):  
M.C. Kik ◽  
G.D.H. Claassen ◽  
M.P.M. Meuwissen ◽  
A.B. Smit ◽  
H.W. Saatkamp
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Soil Management ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Sustainable Soil Management ◽  
Arable Farming

scholarly journals Supermarket Energy Use in the UK

2019 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 325-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Kolokotroni ◽  
Zoi Mylona ◽  
Judith Evans ◽  
Alan Foster ◽  
Rob Liddiard
Keyword(s):  
Energy Use ◽  
The Uk

Influencing incentives for precision agricultural technologies within European arable farming systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 66-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.P. Barnes ◽  
I. Soto ◽  
V. Eory ◽  
B. Beck ◽  
A.T. Balafoutis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Farming Systems ◽  
Agricultural Technologies ◽  
Arable Farming

Perspectives on nutrient management in arable farming systems

2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Wivstad ◽  
A.S. Dahlin ◽  
C. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Management ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Arable Farming

Balancing the competing needs of climate change, biodiversity and rural communities

2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 249-249
Author(s):  
H Prosser
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Nitrous Oxide ◽  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
New Technology ◽  
The Uk

The work of the UK Climate Change Commission (UKCCC) in recommending targets and options for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases is focusing attention on what agriculture and land use can contribute to deliver these targets. Although overall the major issue is the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from energy use, agriculture and land use are significant emitters of methane and nitrous oxide. UKCCC has identified three main routes by which emissions can be reduced• Lifestyle change with less reliance on carbon intensive produce -eg switching from sheep, and beef to pig, poultry and vegetables.• Changing farm practices – eg to improve use of fertilisers and manures• Using new technology on farms – eg modifying rumen processes, anaerobic digestion.

scholarly journals A Decade On, How Has the Visibility of Energy Changed? Energy Feedback Perceptions from UK Focus Groups

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 2566 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Fredericks ◽  
Zhong Fan ◽  
Sandra Woolley ◽  
Ed de Quincey ◽  
Mike Streeton
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Energy Reduction ◽  
Smart Meters ◽  
Central System ◽  
Energy Feedback ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Feedback Perceptions

The Smart Meter Rollout Programme in the UK has required energy suppliers to offer new smart meters to customers to provide near real-time energy use information and enable two-way communication between the meter and the central system. The provision was expected to result in meaningful energy reductions, but recent estimates suggest that these reductions may be as low as 2%. This paper contributes to the ongoing debate about the effectiveness of smart meters and in-home energy displays by providing insights on energy feedback perceptions from a series of focus groups with postgraduate consumers. In addition to domestic energy use, the study investigated how participants perceived their energy use at work and how they perceived the energy reduction efforts of their institutions and employers. A laddered and projective methodology was used to more deeply question participant perceptions and reveal their attitudes. The analysis of responses revealed a limited awareness around energy efficiency strategies and opportunities for more visual, mobile, engaging and target-driven interfaces for energy data. The findings also agree with previous observations that environmental concerns are not a key driver of energy reduction behaviours. This was shown by laddered questioning, not to be due to a lack of environmental concern, but rather the perception that reducing energy consumption would have negligible impact. A decade after in-home energy displays enabled a means of providing ‘visibility’ to ‘invisible’ energy consumption, little appears to have changed in the perception and experience of energy feedback.

scholarly journals Networking Historic Environmental Standards to Address Modern Challenges for Sustainable Conservation in HBIM

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oriel Prizeman ◽  
Camilla Pezzica ◽  
Ahmed Taher ◽  
Mahdi Boughanmi
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Energy Retrofit ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Building Components ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
Sustainable Conservation ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Library Buildings

Awareness of the logic and context of original (and subsequent) design priorities is critical to informing decisions relating to valorisation, repair, refurbishment, energy retrofit or re-use of built heritage. A key benefit of collating data through Historic Building Information Modelling (HBIM) should be to assist others facing similar challenges. Here, examples for sharing understanding of how components belong to a system are outlined in the context of a newly completed dataset of public library buildings in the UK funded by Andrew Carnegie, predominantly built between 1900 and 1914. Demands for the functionality and economy of public library buildings, coupled with the emergent standardisation of building components at the time, provide a specific condition with potential for further iteration to other buildings of the period or related typologies. The work highlights the urgency of providing cost-efficient knowledge sharing structures in an era of altered priorities with respect to energy use for modern heritage. We propose the means for mapping common features to network knowledge amongst stakeholders through relevant open source pathways. The results demonstrate that integrating geographic approaches to knowledge sharing in HBIM with environmental considerations also supports wider questions of risk management related to the stewardship of historic buildings in the context of climate change.

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