Sorting black barley seed for drilling trial plots next week.

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team! They will work on homeolog-informed approaches to tackle cold tolerance in wheat @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Please find out more and apply here: jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?...

#plantsciences #plantscijobs

Group of people standing around a soil pit on a farm. With ORC and ADAS logos and text Organic Research Centre joins ADAS

Plot combine harvesting a wheat trial

Cattle browsing a hedge

Apple on a tree

📢 Big news! ORC joins ADAS! 🌳 #Agroforestryshow, grain changers, training, advice, events and more! #Organicdelivers Our September E-Bulletin is out! #Organicfarming @thesoilassociation.bsky.social @adasgroup.bsky.social #UKGrainLab mailchi.mp/organicresea...

Oak Farm Population wheat

Wakelyns YQ and Champion ( a great modern variety but sadly broken against a new yellow rust strain this year)

More proof that nature-friendly farming helps farms stay profitable!

#NFFN #natureFriendlyFarming

A greener world & excellent career prospects
Apply now for one of our #BARIToNECTP #PhD projects run in partnership with industry
Deadline 15th June 2025

For more info visit: baritone.hutton.ac.uk/how-to-apply/

#barley #research

It is my pleasure to announce that applications are now open for our FREE five-day (30th June-4th July2025 ) @royentsoc.bsky.social #entomology PhD/ECR summer school funded by NERC. Application deadline is 8th May.

www.harper-adams.ac.uk/courses/shor...

Naked barley 6 days after drilling

Wheat meristem dissection with BSc 2 ag with crops @harperadamsuni.bsky.social Always an enjoyable class.

Drilling, weighing beans, boats

Winter wheat and oat strips were sown in October

Naked barley (my Oak Ruby variety), beans and boats (beans & oats intercrop) strips being drilled autonomously Hands Free Hectare in the robot strip intercropping trial @harperadamsuni.bsky.social

Took a few photos on the way to work this morning. Old Fuji S5

Strip Farming and the Wheat Stem Sawfly on the Canadian Prairies, 1930s-1940s Dust and grasshoppers dominated 1930s prairie agriculture, but wheat stem sawflies also impacted farming, complicating soil conservation and pest control efforts.

"There’s another insect with the potential to tell us about the 1930s and about the ongoing process of reconciling the prairie environment and large-scale agriculture – the wheat stem sawfly." - @stundenbower.bsky.social

niche-canada.org/2020/04/09/s...

#envhist #aghist #cdnhist

Walk to work this morning- open day

Winter walk earlier this week

On the lane that leads to Flat Road

First case of glyphosate resistant Italian ryegrass found in UK | ADAS ADAS has identified a single population of Italian ryegrass resistant to glyphosate at the field label rate – the UK's first documented case.

⚠️ First case of glyphosate resistant Italian ryegrass confirmed in the UK 🌿
ADAS scientists
@weedwiseuk
have identified a single field population of #ItalianRyegrass (Lolium multiflorum) in Kent resistant to glyphosate at the field label rate ⬇️
adas.co.uk/news/first-c...

Frosty walk to work

PhD Opportunities - FoodBioSystems Four-year funded PhD projects are available in areas that span the food chain from farm to fork. Closing date: 3 February 2024 (10:00 GMT)

I'm delighted to be a co-supervisor on three PhD studentships that are currently open for applications as part of the BBSRC FoodBioSystems DTP research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosyste...

ACCE+ DLA programme: If it gets too dry do earthworms die? Earthworm energetic and population responses to drought frequency and duration at University of York on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA programme: If it gets too dry do earthworms die? Earthworm energetic and population responses to drought frequency and duration at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com

PhD studentship to work on earthworm responses to drought in the context of climate change supervised by my wonderful PhD supervisor @markehodson.bsky.social and there is also an opportunity to join a webinar about the project on Tuesday 3rd December www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Winter sky this morning

Walk to work this morning.

I’ve heard of a case of lambs dying after eating linseed cover crop. Young growth especially produces prussic acid (cyanide). Probably made worse as field had chicken muck so linseed put on a lot of lush young growth

Walk into work this morning

"Unlock Nature's Potential" Join @drjohnphreade.bsky.social, @ipmtom.bsky.social, @randybenjamin.bsky.social and me for a funded #PhD at HAU!

Optimise plant essential oil biopesticides for integrated pest management.

More info: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

#Sustainability #AgTech #EcoFriendly

Spot the drone in 2nd photo

Crop up and away. Plants counted. Even emergence across the strips.