π A buzz of activity while we were doing #biodiversity assessments for Fielden Whisky this month π₯
We're working with their growers to measure invertebrate biodiversity & to see how much pollinators prefer fields with a permanent clover understory to fields without one π
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YouTube video by AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds
Strategic Cereal Farm East BYDV trial update harvest 2024 with Duncan Coston | AHDB
Duncan Coston @adasgroup.bsky.social talks us through trials of Barley yellow dwarf virus #BYDV in winter wheat, looking at novel approaches to manage this important pest on the AHDB Strategic Farm East 2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIXa...
#IPM
16.07.2025 10:56 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
faba beans under polytunnel
Polytunnel in a field of faba beans
β The rainout shelters (aka polytunnels) are up in the @Root2Res @adasgroup.bsky.social #fababean trial. Imposing a late #drought to see how well the different varieties #root and take up #water
16.06.2025 08:45 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
π± Thank you to everyone who braved the rain showers β to join our weed scientists at Boxworth yesterday for a British Crop Production Council (BCPC) networking event, which included a tour around our field research trials πΎπΎ #WeedScience
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Join ADAS for our Summer Open Day with AHDB, Hereford | ADAS
Join ADAS at AHDB Hereford Monitor on 17 June 2025 to see plot demonstrations and discuss pests, weeds and diseases with crop specialists.
πΎ Join us for our Summer Open Day at Garnstone Farms, Weobley, #Hereford HR4 8PZ π
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17 June, 12pm-3pm
Tour our field plot demonstrations, & speak with ADAS & AHDB crop specialists about pests, weeds & disease issues π
Free to join with lunch π π & BASIS/NRoSO points β¬οΈ
adas.co.uk/events/adas-...
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Toby, Jack, James standing outside with ADAS Boxworth office with their BASIS certificates
π Congratulations to Jack, James, Toby, & Tom (not πΈ) who passed their BASIS Certificate in GHGs, #Carbon and Climate Change Mitigation exam this month! ππ
adas.co.uk/services/bas...
23.04.2025 14:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
πΏ One month to go! πΏ
Join us on May 21 in Brussels for the first Green Nudges in Agriculture and Forestry Conference!
π±Explore how behavioral insights can drive sustainability in the agriculture and forestry sectors.π³
π Donβt miss outβlearn more and secure your spot: greennudge.eu/green-nudges...
21.04.2025 08:53 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
βοΈ Crop pathologist Ella Bradfield making the most of the sunshine doing pest assessments for the Defra Pest & Disease Survey π
Over 50 years of data on #cropdisease & pest severity in England & Wales π±πͺ³ available online @ pestanddiseasesurvey.co.uk
Check it out & share your feedback π±
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Thanks to all who joined our NUTRICHECK NET
webinar 'Optimising #CropNutrition through in season checks and adjustments' with Kate Storer & Sarah Kendall π±
A special thanks to Andrew Williamson & David Aglen for sharing their 2025 nutrition strategies.
Watch in full β‘οΈ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpyu...
02.04.2025 16:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π’ Tues, 1 April - Join our crop physiologists Sarah Kendall & Kate Storer, with farmers Andrew Williamson & David Aglen for a webinar on optimising crop nutrient applications through in-season checks & adjustmentsπΎπ
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BASIS points available
Register β¬οΈ
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3e69e3...
21.03.2025 09:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
BSSS Set To Hold Inaugural Soil Judging Competition - British Society of Soil Science
We are excited to announce that the British Society of Soil Scienceβs upcoming Soil Judging event in Nottinghamshire, taking place on 8-10 July 2025, is open for bookings! This is the first event of i...
Are you an aspiring #soil scientist hoping to take your skills to the next level? π§ββοΈ
We're sponsoring the British Society of Soil Scienceβs Soil Judging Competition 8-10 July 2025.
Learn from experts how to describe/classify soil profiles π
No experience needed β¬οΈ
soils.org.uk/blog/bsss-se...
11.03.2025 11:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
As part of a soil carbon baselining project for Fielden #Whisky, the ADAS Boxworth field team visited a farm in High Wycombe this week to take #soil samples π±
We are investigating #carbon sequestration from minimum input and #tillage systems over multiple years.
π₯ + #RegenerativeAgriculture β
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π’ The Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) is open to cereal, #oilseeds, and #pulse growers for 2025! πΎπ«
βοΈCompare your crop with others on +60 factors incl. seed rate, #fertiliser timings.
βοΈIdentify growth limitations.
βοΈShare ideas & experiences with others on what works
Find out more - yen.adas.co.uk
06.03.2025 13:55 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Do you grow or advise on cover crops or catch crops? - Agricology
Tell ADAS how you make nutrient management planning decisions following catch or cover crops in this quick 10 minute survey
βοΈTake part in this quick survey to help @adasgroup.bsky.social understand how (or if) farmers and agronomists currently account for nutrient availability from #covercrops to the following crop.
π§°Results will be used to develop a decision support tool.
agricology.co.uk/adas-covercr...
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We encourage sustainable agriculture and forestry by using subtle behavioral prompts known as Green Nudges, which gently guide people toward more sustainable and environmentally friendly practices.
FCT provides information and advice for farmers and growers to reduce carbon emissions, increase carbon sequestration, save money and resources.
https://farmcarbontoolkit.org.uk
Chief Exec, Food, Farming & Countryside Commission, UK. Organic & conservation farming, Monmouthshire. Trustee, CoFarm. Governor, Royal Agricultural University, Trustee, St Georgeβs House. Woman. On. A. Mission.
Advocates for the development and integrity of organic food and farming in Europe, representing almost 200 member organisations.
www.organicseurope.bio
Scottish office of the Soil Association, the charity that digs deeper to transform the way we eat, farm and care for our natural world.
A hub for exchanging practical information on agroecology to support a transition to more sustainable agriculture, regardless of labels! UK-focused.
Shropshire Organic farmer growing nutritious food, supporting nature and capturing carbon π³πππ
Head of Standards @thesoilassociation.bsky.social
Freelance agricultural journalist. Nuffield Scholar. Likes photography, dogs, milky tea and collecting passport stamps. Usually wearing impractical shoes.
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www.carolinestocks.co.uk
amateur plant breeder #nakedbarley population wheat #intercropping robot strip cropping
Organic Farmer @ShimplingPark from the #ValeOfPawsey (Itβs like the #ValeOfPewsey but flatter with a vowel difference) Growing food, sinking carbon & recovering nature #FRAgS
Farm Manager, 2022 BBC Future of Farming Winner, turning sunshine into food and sharing our farming stories LEAF Trustee-Nuffield Scholar
PAN works to replace the use of hazardous pesticides with ecologically sound and socially just alternatives to build better agrifood systems for all people.
panna.org
The Scotland arm of the UK's largest woodland conservation charity. We create, protect & restore native woods & trees for people & wildlife, to combat climate change & build a greener future.
Environmental science for a better world, where people and nature prosper
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ποΈ Counting The Earth podcast: https://tinyurl.com/CTEarthpodcast
π° Newsletter sign-up: https://tinyurl.com/ukceh-news
Scottish Agronomy is Scotlandβs leading agronomy advice service. Proudly independent and farmer-owned, weβre dedicated to finding evidence-based solutions for our grower and trade associate members.
www.scottishagronomy.co.uk
Tel: 01577 862759
Soil Association is the charity that digs deeper to transform the way we eat, farm and care for our natural world
Community guidelines πhttp://soilassociation.co/3EmLtsK
How we know (agri)natures & why it matters. More-than-humans (soil, microbes, funghi), agriculture (regenerative), food (local). Environmental social scientist, Associate Prof of Trandiscipl Human-Environment Relations at Univ of Oulu, Finland.
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A global voice for the Sustainable Food Movement, founded by Patrick Holden. Working to accelerate the transition to more sustainable food and farming.
π https://sustainablefoodtrust.org
The UKβs leading independent research charity organisation for agroecological farming approaches; we drive our own research agenda to tackle global issues by acting locally, finding community-based solutions for farmers and their supply chains.
