Consensus and Dissension with Respect to Agricultural Policy Goals - Agrarforschung Schweiz A study conducted by Agroscope and ETH Zurich surveyed the opinions of both farmers and the rest of the population with respect to agricultural policy goals, revealing both shared and divergent views.

A study conducted by Agroscope and @ethz.ch surveyed the opinions of both farmers and the rest of the population with respect to #AgriculturalPolicy goals, revealing both shared and divergent views 👇

Over 80% of the world’s food comes from family farmers who depend on #HealthySoils.

Soils in rural areas remain essential to feed urban populations, sustain farmers’ livelihoods and strengthen global food security.

#WorldSoilDay #GreenCities

Soil monitoring: Parliament adopts new EU law with better support for farmers | News | European Parliament The new law will ensure soil is monitored in all EU countries and farmers get better support to improve soil health and soil resilience.

A big day for European Soils www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres... #SoilHealth

FindAPhD : Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in plant sciences at Gatsby Charitable Foundation Apply for a PhD: Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in plant sciences at Gatsby Charitable Foundation

If you’re looking for a PhD studentship in some really exciting areas of plant science 🌿 take a look at this year’s Sainsbury PhD studentships - you could come and study orchid mycorrhizas 🌸🍄 with me & @garethphoenix.bsky.social! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

Mycorrhizal Network and Symbiotic N‐Fixer Jointly Enhance the Interplant Nitrogen Sharing Symbiotic interactions with mycorrhizal fungi and nitrogen-fixing bacteria synergistically enhance nitrogen transfer between plants via mycorrhizal networks. Our synthesis of 15N labeling studies rev...

A well conducted study and well balanced discussion of CMNs …

Mycorrhizal Network and Symbiotic N-Fixer Jointly Enhance the Interplant Nitrogen Sharing

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Another Estimate of the Warming Rate A reader asked about a paper by Forster et al. (2025) in which they state An overall best estimate attributed rate of human-induced warming of 0.27 °C per decade is found for the decade 2015–2024. …

What's the latest rate of global warming? Has it accelerated to 0.27°C or to 0.36°C per decade?
Statistician Tamino explains why he has more confidence in a *continuous* piecewise linear fit (as in our preprint) rather than a discontinous piecewise linear fit. tamino.wordpress.com/2025/06/20/a...

Congrats Mpumi!

Conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil functionality Organic farming is often considered to be more sustainable than conventional farming. However, both farming systems comprise highly variable management practices. In this study, we show that in organi...

Van Rijssel et al. in Science w/ @kylemojo.bsky.social

Conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil functionality

It was more the specific practices (like cover cropping and tillage) that were important

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Great to see our call for more realistic pesticide scenarios finally published - nice collaboration with our former PhD student Judith Riedo and @mrillig.bsky.social

Such a fascinating paper indeed! Highly recommend giving it a read. #NotRecentButInteresting

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Our mission @agroscope.bsky.social
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🚀 Using data from a 40-year field trial, we show that organic cropping systems not only transform soil biodiversity but also supercharge its metabolic potential for nutrient cycling with lasting consequences for soil C, N, and P stocks. 🌾 #SustainableAgriculture #SoilHealth
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Diversity of organic amendments increases soil functions and plant growth Management practices, for example, in an agricultural context, are often tested in isolation or in pairwise interaction, but rarely using a higher number of jointly applied practices. In a proof-of-c...

Final version published:

Diversity of organic amendments increases soil functions and plant growth

Huiying Li et al. in Plants, People, Planet

@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social #Soil #SoilHealth
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Die Rendzina ist #BodenDesJahres 2025! Wer mehr über diesen Bodentyp erfahren will besucht unsere Webseite www.boden-des-jahres.ch/de

Wir wünschen einen frohen #WorldSoilDay

Wissenschaftliche/-r Mitarbeiter/-in Bodenmonitoring - Agroscope Agroscope sucht Wissenschaftliche/-r Mitarbeiter/-in Bodenmonitoring

🌱 Join our Group at Agroscope as a Research Associate in Soil Monitoring!
Join our soil monitoring team and help protect our precious resource through data analysis, contaminant research, publications and advising authorities!
Apply here: ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...

🧵🌱 A review on how soil tillage impacts ground-nesting bees in arable soils doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
#Bees #SoilHealth #Agriculture #BQBN #Agroscope

New Perspective: "Mycoheterotrophy in the wood-wide web" rdcu.be/dFvnV

"The prevalence and potential functions of common mycorrhizal networks have been increasingly capturing the interest of science and society, sometimes leading to hyperbole and misinterpretation." #PlantScience

Great view indeed! Congrats Konrad 🎉

Join us for the 2nd LS2_Systems_Biology *Theory across Biology* workshop #TaB2024 in Bern on 14 June 2024. From molecules to ecosystems. No PPTs, black board only! Flipcharts instead of posters! For theorists *and* experimentalists.
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We are recruiting! Are you looking for a PhD position in the field of plant-microbiome signaling, and/or know someone who might, please apply and/or spread the message! www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

How landscape evolution makes Madagascar a hotspot for plant species diversity Madagascar is home to more than 11,000 plant species, 80% of which are found nowhere else on Earth. A recent study by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL and ETH Zu...

How landscape evolution shapes the endemic diversity of Madagascar through topographic changes? phys.org/news/2024-02...

🚨3- Year PostDoc Position 🌱 Soil organic matter (SOM) is key for soil health & agroecosystem productivity. With humusbilanz.ch, Agroscope supports CH farmers in SOM management. The projects aims at updating the tool with modern models & data for informed soil management decisions.