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Six key actions to restore nature on farmland
blog In the past, if you asked two conservationists how to help wildlife on farmland, you would likely get two different answers. Nature-friendly farming need not...Pests & diseases, Natural resources & waste, People & skills, Pollinators & ecological services, Biodiversity -
Nature-based Integrated Pest Management - hints, tips and more
blog Are you keen to find ways to reduce pesticide use on your farm, but not sure where to begin? Or perhaps you are already undertaking...Compaction & cultivation, Soil biology, Weeds, Pests & diseases, Cereals, oil seeds & pulses, Grasslands & forage crops, Roots & horticulture, Business management, People & skills, Pollinators & ecological services, Biodiversity, Climate, Communities & education -
Call out to farmers to take part in a survey about IPM and what it means to you!
blog Increasingly, farmers and other land managers are looking for ways to reduce their reliance on pesticides. This is due to a number of reasons including...Pests & diseases, People & skills, Pollinators & ecological services -
Regenerative agriculture - a new silver bullet for agriculture and the environment?
blog In 1992 I started my career as a newly fledged post-doc working on the Integrated Farming Systems project and so have been intrigued to see...Integrated farming, Conservation agriculture, Type, texture & structure, Compaction & cultivation, Drainage, Organic matter, Soil biology, Weeds, Pests & diseases, Grasslands & forage crops, Crop nutrition & fertility building, Pollinators & ecological services, Biodiversity, Climate -
Aphid Control in the Market Garden - Vlog
blog Jez Taylor, head of the diverse market garden at Daylesford Organics talks to us about managing the greenfly on the roses they supply to the...Pests & diseases, Roots & horticulture, People & skills, Pollinators & ecological services -
Dutch courage: The potato covenant model shows the way
blog Across the channel in the Netherlands a remarkable thing is happening. The whole supply chain has worked together through the ‘Potato Covenant’ to shift the...Pests & diseases, Roots & horticulture, People & skills, Nutrition & public health -
Oxford Real Farming Conference 2020 - Agricology in Practice
blog Agriculture has huge potential to be part of the solution to enhancing biodiversity, addressing climate change and supporting and enhancing natural resources, whilst also building...Type, texture & structure, Compaction & cultivation, Drainage, Rotations, Organic matter, Soil biology, Weeds, Pests & diseases, Crop nutrition & fertility building, Pollinators & ecological services, Biodiversity, Climate -
Plant teams in the field - Intercropping in practice in the UK and Sweden
blog Intercropping has been shown to be beneficial for pest, disease and weed management, preventing lodging, improving water quality, soil fertility and biodiversity as well as...Integrated farming, Conservation agriculture, Soil biology, Weeds, Pests & diseases, Cereals, oil seeds & pulses, Crop nutrition & fertility building, Pollinators & ecological services, Climate -
Blowing in the wind: forecasting pathogens to improve phoma and stem canker control
blog For those living in parts of the south and east of England, the switch from summer to autumn came very suddenly three weeks into September,...Integrated farming, Pests & diseases, Cereals, oil seeds & pulses -
Combining sticky traps & technology to monitor cereal aphids & predict BYDV risk
blog This year will be the first that neonicotinoid seed dressings will no longer be routinely applied to cereal crops following their ban last year. This...Pests & diseases, Cereals, oil seeds & pulses, People & skills