Pollen beetle migration has begun! Today was the first day the #ipmdecisions platform shows likely pollen beetle migration in the UK, and here they are enjoying daffodil pollen in Cambridgeshire platform.ipmdecisions.net

Interested in how we can work with #farmers, #foresters, and their advisors to co-develop change toward sustainable practices? 🗓 Save the date! Join our 2nd Green Nudge Conference Brussels 21 May 2026! Pre-register here greennudge.eu @greennudgeproject.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social

Are you interested in how we can work with farmers, foresters, and their advisors to co-develop meaningful interventions towards sustainable practices? 🗓 Save the date to join us for our 2nd Green Nudge Conference in Brussels 21 May 2026! Pre-register here greennudge.eu

You can find all IPMnet Bulletins on FarmPEP here: farmpep.net/resource/ipm...

Will you attend our lunch time #webinar this month? Andy Gregory & Jon Storkey from @rothamsted.bsky.social will be talking about the Broadbalk experiment #LTE that began in 1843. Register: bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE... @rothamsted-lte.bsky.social #Agriculture #Fertilisers #Sustainability 🌏

#CallForAbstracts Deadline next week! Submit your abstracts soon for a chance to share your research and present at the #BehaviourSIG in February 🔽 buff.ly/KrjZwc8 📅 Deadline for abstract submissions: 16 December @rothamsted.bsky.social @ipmmark.bsky.social @basf.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social

IPM Decisions Platform: a European wide digital platform for pest forecasting Get in touch if you have pest forecast models you'd like to see in the hands of farmers and advisors www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdFM...

AHDB launch new collaborative research to level-up Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle (CSFB) control - evaluate novel approaches - improve guidance - fine-tune understanding of CSFB development - generate data on natural enemies - prime innovation in CSFB management. ahdb.org.uk/news/new-col...

This is a cool paper! Global selection on insect antipredator coloration | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

If you work in #forestry, please use these links: Foresters: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run... Foresters advisors: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run... Forestry products consumers: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

💚Help us understand how we can make better decisions in agriculture! 💚@greennudgeproject.bsky.social short survey to understand what drives sustainable choices? 🔗Farmers: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run... 🔗Farmers advisors: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run... 🔗Everyone else: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

OPER8 have launched their E-Learning alternative weed management module www.oper-8.eu/knowledge-ba... This E-learning module is designed to inform farmers, advisors, and policy makers about alternative weed management. @adasgroup.bsky.social

IPMNET Bulletin September 2025 farmpep.net/sites/defaul... - TSUM model on IPM Decisions forecasts similar risk of secondary spread of BYDV to this time last year All news in the bulletin, now available on #FarmPEP @adasgroup.bsky.social

Great to see another piece of #IPMDecisions work out now as a Preprint: "Developing a generic DSS model metadata catalogue and APIs for crop protection." www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.31220... @adasgroup.bsky.social #modelling #DSS #IPM #API @horizoneu.bsky.social

This weeks & all IPMNET Bulletin on FarmPEP farmpep.net/resource/ipm... Late blight, cutworm, carrot fly, pea moth, and cercospora leaf spot all worth checking (list is not complete!) 📣Are you doing something different? Share you Novel Approaches for reducing pesticide use and risk!

💚Help us understand how we can make better decisions in agriculture! 💚@greennudgeproject.bsky.social short survey to understand what drives sustainable choices? 🔗Farmers: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run... 🔗Farmers advisors: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run... 🔗Everyone else: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

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 is last day to register for this Workshop on Wednesday! join to discuss novel approaches for sustainable pest management, focused on the role of peer to peer learning among farmers and advisors.

📢 IPM Online Workshop Insights for improving pest management with reduced inputs. 📅 Wed 16 July 2025 ⏰ 09:00 - 12:00 (UK time) 🧠 Interactive Quiz & Discussion 🔧 Peer-to-Peer Learning Tools 📊 IPM Project Results & Key Resources Register by 14 July us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📢 IPM Online Workshop Insights for improving pest management with reduced inputs. 📅 Wed 16 July 2025 ⏰ 09:00 - 12:00 (UK time) 🧠 Interactive Quiz & Discussion 🔧 Peer-to-Peer Learning Tools 📊 IPM Project Results & Key Resources Register by 14 July us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Vivid Small emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia) larvae spotted in #Cambridgeshire today. www.inaturalist.org/taxa/59346-S...

Want to know more about IPM Science and Practice? Check out this video series! From theory to practical application 😀 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

New adult 7spot ladybird emerging soon

14 spot ladybirds were busy over the bank holiday weekend. Propylea quattuordecimpunctata, More here: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61532-P...

Garden Orb Weaver (Araneus diadematus) spiderlings

💚 Green Nudge Conference today! ⌚ Start Time: 9:00 AM CET   🚨live web stream link: live.eesc.europa.eu/play/?id=658 🧾 agenda here: greennudge.eu/green-nudges...

📢IPMNET Bulletins - in season From @IpmDecisions 🟢#septoria infection low risk 🔴#Cabbagerootfly egg laying begun 🟠#Carrotfly and #saddlegallmidge emergence at 50% Keep checking current risk at your locations: platform.ipmdecisions.net

Yellow haired sun fly _Myathropa florea_ in the Cambridgeshire yesterday, Beautiful hoverfly 😀. Quite a large species, so easy to see that the eyes don't touch at top of head = female #insects #hoverfly

IPMWorks: Using Decision Support Systems to improve canopy disease management in arable crops in Sweden ipmworks.net/toolbox/en/#... The DSS was shown to support good decision making on farm in Sweden

📢IPMNET Bulletins - in season From @IpmDecisions in the UK: 🟢#septoria infection low risk 🔴#Saddlegallmidge emergence 🔴#Cabbagerootfly egg laying 🟠#Carrotfly emergence Keep checking current risk at your locations: platform.ipmdecisions.net

In this video we can see two examples of the no-tillage technique in two plots with different crops (pea and sunflower) to eliminate or reduce a weed, such as vallico. #IPM www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDVy...

In this IPMWORKS video we look at different control measures for Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) which can be used in both winter and spring barley. #IPM #BYDV www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ECx...

IPMWORKS In-field comparisons of IPM approaches 19 IPM Case Studies available on the IPMWORKS Resource Toolbox Find links to them all on FarmPEP farmpep.net/resource/ipm...

📢IPMNET Bulletins - in season From forecasts on the IPM Decisions platform 🟢Risk of #septoria remains low in most of UK 🔴#Yellowrust is about 🟡 Several insects are starting to emerge Keep checking current risk at your locations: platform.ipmdecisions.net

🌿 One month to go! 🌿 Join us on May 21 in Brussels for the first Green Nudges in Agriculture and Forestry Conference! 🌱Explore how behavioral insights can drive sustainability in the agriculture and forestry sectors.🌳 🔗 Don’t miss out—learn more and secure your spot: greennudge.eu/green-nudges...

📢IPMNET Bulletins - in season The mild, dry winter means a low risk of septoria this year, but yellow rust is around. Keep checking current risk at your locations: platform.ipmdecisions.net For an explanation of low risk for septoria, check out this video at 15 min: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr-Q...

📢IPMNET Bulletins - adaptive approach to IPM farmpep.net/resource/ipm... Watch the Science & Practice IPM video: "Cereal crop variety choice and disease control" details how a plants defend themselves from fungal pathogens. youtube.com/watch?v=oQ5J...

📢IPMNET Bulletins - IPM Networking farmpep.net/resource/ipm... 📷Watch the Science and Practice IPM video: "How to manage pathogen virulence" 📷 www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8mr... highlights challenges of managing disease virulence and fungicide resistance. IPM is not achieved alone.

How can we help ourselves pick more #SustainableAgriculture choices? Sometimes we need a 🟩🫸#GreenNudge... What is a Green Nudge? How can they be used effectively? Do you mind being Nudged? Join the discussion greennudge.eu/green-nudges...

📢IPMNET Bulletins - UK Pesticide National Action Plan 2025 farmpep.net/resource/ipm... The NAP defines three objectives: 1⃣ Encourage uptake of #IPM 2⃣ Monitor use of pesticides 3⃣ Strengthen compliance www.gov.uk/government/p...

📢IPMNET Bulletins - Holistic IPM farmpep.net/resource/ipm... 📷Watch the Science and Practice IPM video: "When to apply fungicides to crops" www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ1I... 👉Pick the most effective methods and combine them. 👉Also check out the IPMWORKS 5 Pillars of Holistic IPM in the Bulletin

📢IPMNET Bulletins - Environmental Stewardship All bulletins on FarmPEP farmpep.net/resource/ipm... 📷Watch the Science and Practice IPM video: "When to apply fungicides to crops" www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbGY...

🌸Spring is on its way IPM Decisions forecasts are starting to run... 👉Risk maps 🗺️ up for #septoria humidity model, the #pollenbeetle migration, and #codlingmoth platform.ipmdecisions.net Always keen to hear what you think about this free, expandable platform 👍😀

IPMWORKS Final Webinar: “Do we still need IPM?” 🕐Starting shortly!⌚ Wednesday 12 March 13:00 UK time on ZOOM 👉 Join here: inrae-fr.zoom.us/j/92376634607

📺You can now browse all the 🌿 IPMWORKS eLearning videos here: youtube.com/playlist?lis... Everything you need to know about #IPM

New book co-edited by ORC's Lindsay Whistance considers how organic dairy farming has the potential to address major environmental challenges, whilst also meeting the four key organic principles of health, ecology, fairness and care. #Organicfarming www.organicresearchcentre.com/news-events/...

Spring is arriving earlier than ever in the UK, with rising temperatures causing shifts in nature’s calendar🌱 Frogspawn and bluebells are appearing sooner, but this could disrupt ecosystems as species emerge before their food sources are ready. Learn more: buff.ly/ShE5XX9

@birkbeck Uni is hosting its second annual Climate Festival from 17th–21st March 2025. Lots going on, bringing social and biological sciences together ❤️ #London #Climate www.bbk.ac.uk/news/birkbec...

Do we still need #IPM? Yes, now more than ever! See this weeks IPMNET Bulletin, and join the EU IPMWORKS final webinar on 12 March to discuss! @royentsoc.bsky.social ipmworks.net/2025/02/07/i...

📢IPMNET Bulletins - Resistance Management @FarmPep farmpep.net/resource/ipm... 📷If you only watch one IPM video make it: "How to manage fungicide resistance" youtube.com/watch?v=Kchg... (2 parts) Pesticide resistance is not going away, IPM is needed