The first in a series of five Arable Horizons interactive lectures by Farmers Weekly was broadcast live yesterday evening on the Farmers Weekly YouTube channel.

The series of expert-led talks, run in association with Syngenta, will examine some of the most exciting and innovative research set to change the way we farm over the next two decades and beyond.

From robot-assisted farming to gene-edited crops, these interactive talks will explore how scientific developments could deliver higher yields and cheaper production, while bringing a greener and more stable future for British agriculture.

See more: Register for Arable Horizons interactive lectures

The first event took place on 17 November and looked at the technological breakthroughs being made in agricultural crop breeding and genetics and how these advances will affect the lives of UK farmers.

The expert speaker was Alison Bentley, director of genetics and breeding at NIAB and was attended by some of the brightest and best farmers, agronomists, researchers and scientists from across the arable industry.

You can watch Dr Bentley’s talk below and register for a space at our next interactive lecture on our Arable Horizons website.

Future talks will cover the hot topics most important to UK arable: soil, biologicals, automated technology and climate change.

Sponsor’s message

Syngenta is committed to the research and development of new technologies that help farmers to make more efficient use of resources including soil, water, land and inputs – to grow more from less.

Syngenta invests about £1.1bn/year in global agriculture R&D. Its advances in the field of crop genetics and plant breeding have been instrumental in enhancing the productivity of farmland, and enabling more effective practical Integrated Crop Management programmes to create profitable and sustainable intensive farming systems, now and in the future.