The farmers of Wales look to the future
The Future Farmers of Wales saw state of the art farming facilities and heard of innovative research at Aberystwyth University recently as the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) hosted a visit. The visitors had the opportunity to learn how sound, research based science undertaken in Aberystwyth is applied for the benefit of future agriculture in Wales. The Future Farmers of Wales Club is an organisation where all invited members have either won industry or academic awards or have achieved outstanding success within Welsh agriculture. As such, they are a very influential and forward looking group. Professor Jamie Newbold, Director of Research and Enterprise at IBERS delivered a short presentation on both the research currently taking place within IBERS and the continuous professional training opportunities available through the Advanced Training Partnership (ATP). The aim of the BBSRC funded Advanced Training Partnerships is to strengthen specialist s...