IFM conference 2017 drew on the research and demonstration activities of the LEAF Network to assess the current role technology plays in Integrated Farm Management, and looked ahead to what new technology will offer IFM in the future. The precision, accuracy and marginal gains offered by many new techniques and promised by upcoming research, will be critical when continually evaluating and improving IFM as a whole farm level approach. Researchers from our Innovation Centers highlighted some of the latest advances in technology and LEAF Demonstration Farmers set out how this technology translates at a practical farming level.
Euan Caldwell, Head of Farms, James Hutton Institute
Dr Laura Cardenas, Senior Research Scientist, Rothamsted Research North Wyke
Caroline Drummond, LEAF Chief Executive
Andrew Ferguson, Farming Manager, Leckford Estate
Andrew Francis, Senior Farms Manager, Elveden Estate
Paul Hayward, Cold Harbour Farm
Alice Johnston, Applications and Stewardship Coordinator, Bayer CropScience UK
Dr Alastair Leake, Head of Project, The Allerton Project
Prof. Mark Rutter, Professor of Applied Animal Behaviour, Harper Adams University
Dr Prysor Williams, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management, Bangor University
