๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ข Organic Research Centre is now part of ADAS ๐ ๐ฑ
โก๏ธ Read the announcement in full adas.co.uk/news/organic...
๐ A buzz of activity while we were doing #biodiversity assessments for Fielden Whisky this month ๐ฅ
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 ๐
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
Today was Boxworth Olympics Day and BBQ day! ๐
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#Harvest may be about to kick off, but we still found time to get everyone together for an afternoon of games and a fantastic bbq, thanks to games organiser Tom and site chef Will ๐
Demonstrating surface water runoff and infiltration at #Groundswell2025 - a fitting day for it! ๐ง
If you're around, come by our stand in the Demo Field - next to the soil pit ๐At 2pm, we'll be joined by Kate Bigwood of Ardenrun Farm and Lucy Noad of Woodhouse Farm to chat regenerative farming.
faba beans under polytunnel
Polytunnel in a field of faba beans
โ 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
๐ฑ Thank you to everyone who braved the rain showers โ 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 ๐พ๐พ #WeedScience
๐พ Join us for our Summer Open Day at Garnstone Farms, Weobley, #Hereford HR4 8PZ ๐
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17 June, 12pm-3pm
Tour our field plot demonstrations, & speak with ADAS & AHDB crop specialists about pests, weeds & disease issues ๐
Free to join with lunch ๐ ๐ & BASIS/NRoSO points โฌ๏ธ
adas.co.uk/events/adas-...
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ This week we paid a visit to our research partner Bangor Uni's trial site in Henfaes to set up our wind tunnels for measuring #ammonia losses following manure or slurry applications.
Dave and Prysor from Bangor doing the dirty work! ๐ฉ
Thanks to Prysor for the ๐ธ
Toby, Jack, James standing outside with ADAS Boxworth office with their BASIS certificates
๐ Congratulations to Jack, James, Toby, & Tom (not ๐ธ) who passed their BASIS Certificate in GHGs, #Carbon and Climate Change Mitigation exam this month! ๐๐
adas.co.uk/services/bas...
๐ฟ One month to go! ๐ฟ
Join us on May 21 in Brussels for the first Green Nudges in Agriculture and Forestry Conference!
๐ฑExplore how behavioral insights can drive sustainability in the agriculture and forestry sectors.๐ณ
๐ Donโt miss outโlearn more and secure your spot: greennudge.eu/green-nudges...
โ๏ธ Crop pathologist Ella Bradfield making the most of the sunshine doing pest assessments for the Defra Pest & Disease Survey ๐
Over 50 years of data on #cropdisease & pest severity in England & Wales ๐ฑ๐ชณ available online @ pestanddiseasesurvey.co.uk
Check it out & share your feedback ๐ฑ
Thanks to all who joined our NUTRICHECK NET
webinar 'Optimising #CropNutrition through in season checks and adjustments' with Kate Storer & Sarah Kendall ๐ฑ
A special thanks to Andrew Williamson & David Aglen for sharing their 2025 nutrition strategies.
Watch in full โก๏ธ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpyu...
๐ฑ We were pleased to welcome #Defra Minister of State Daniel Zeichner to our Boxworth siteย this week ๐ค
While showing some of our applied research projects, we discussed the importance of industry-wide collaborations & building on existing knowledge to accelerate innovation in #BritishFarming
๐ข 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 & adjustments๐พ๐
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BASIS points available
Register โฌ๏ธ
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3e69e3...
Are you a farmer, or working with farmers, in the UK or Ireland?
Take part in this survey on parasitic weeds in Europe! Natural Resources institute (NRI), @adasgroup.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social agricology.co.uk/parasitic-we...
Are you an aspiring #soil scientist hoping to take your skills to the next level? ๐งโโ๏ธ
We're sponsoring the British Society of Soil Scienceโs Soil Judging Competition 8-10 July 2025.
Learn from experts how to describe/classify soil profiles ๐
No experience needed โฌ๏ธ
soils.org.uk/blog/bsss-se...
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 ๐ฑ
We are investigating #carbon sequestration from minimum input and #tillage systems over multiple years.
๐ฅ + #RegenerativeAgriculture โ
๐ข The Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) is open to cereal, #oilseeds, and #pulse growers for 2025! ๐พ๐ซ
โ๏ธCompare your crop with others on +60 factors incl. seed rate, #fertiliser timings.
โ๏ธIdentify growth limitations.
โ๏ธShare ideas & experiences with others on what works
Find out more - yen.adas.co.uk
โ๏ธTake 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.
๐งฐResults will be used to develop a decision support tool.
agricology.co.uk/adas-covercr...
