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

📢 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...

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...

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

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

"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

⚠️ 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

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...

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.

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

Autonomous drilling of the strip #intercropping 24 October

Busy spiders

Giving this place a try. Will be posting usual stuff about crops and science.