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Science for sustainable agriculture
Don't miss workshops with our scientists at
#Groundswell2026
next week 📅Wednesday 🪴Optimising plant protection 📅Thursday 🪴Beneficial Insects for Crop Pest Control 🪴Insect safari: Soil Saviours, Flower Friends & Crop Champions 🪴8 Minute Ideas on Diversification
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We've been collecting weather data from our Harpenden site since 1853, capturing many memorable national weather events. Access data here:
https://www.era.rothamsted.ac.uk/#
As weather becomes more extreme, we're working on more resilient crops to help towards food security.
#heatwave
#climatechange
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Congratulations Martin! Find out more about Martin's work here:
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/prof-ma...
add a skeleton here at some point
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How can we prepare our crops for extreme heat? Find out what researchers at Rothamsted and SugaROx are doing -👂 from 18:18
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xgww
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Rare Earth - Hotter Than Hell - BBC Sounds
How can Britain - and the world - prepare itself for extreme heat?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xgww
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Just 2 weeks to go until
#Groundswell2026
! Speak to our scientists about their research on: 🪴DIVERSITY 🪴LIVESTOCK INTERGRATION 🪴PROTECTING SOIL SURFACE 🪴MINIMUM SOIL DISTURBANCE 🪴MAINTAINING LIVING ROOTS Plus earn BASIS points!
#RegenerativeAgriculture
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Listen to Dr Kelly Jowett and Charlotte Robb discussing new tools to ID carabid beetles on BBC Farming Today! 👂From 5:17
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xnqr
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Farming Today - 16/06/26 Heathland birds, carabid beetles, Scottish agriculture policy - BBC Sounds
Heathland birds, carabid beetles, Scottish agriculture policy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xnqr
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Rank Prize
12 days ago
The Rank Prize for Nutrition goes to Profs David Salt
@uniofnottingham.bsky.social
& Martin Broadley
@rothamsted.ac.uk
for their pioneering work on elemental profiling to improve soil and crop quality, enhancing nutrition and health outcomes for people worldwide ➡️
www.rankprize.org/prize/nutrit...
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We had a fantastic time speaking to farmers at #Cereals2026! Not only did we get to share our latest research, but also hear from farmers about the issues that matter to them. Have your say:
https://ow.ly/nsXS50Zb4mA
#Cereals2026
Missed us? ✉️Send us a message 🪴Find us at
#Groundswell2026
15 days ago
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Day one at
#Cereals2026
✅ Didn’t speak to us today? We’ll be at stand 1046 tomorrow where our scientists are eager to hear your experiences and teach you the latest in resilient farming. ✅PLUS earn BASIS points
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Royal Entomological Society
17 days ago
🌍 How do we balance food production with biodiversity? Explore the role of insects in sustainable landscapes at
#SustainableFarming
SIG 2026 Register by 1 July to secure your spot at the conference 🔽
buff.ly/YuaaDhF
#Pollinators
#SustainableAgriculture
#Entomology
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Sustainable Farming Special Interest Group (SIG) 2026 - Royal Entomological Society
Sustainable Farming Special Interest Group (SIG) Date: Tuesday 14 July (10:00 – 16:00) Venue: Rothamsted Research, Harpenden To celebrate the new expanded Sustainable Farming SIG, this event brings...
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🌾 Visit stand 1046 at
#Cereals2026
to explore the latest science and farming innovations - plus earn BASIS points 🌱 Soil health & carbon 🧬 Precision-bred crops 🦠 Crop diseases & fungicide resistance 🐜 Aphids, BYDV & wireworms 🤖 AI-powered pathogen detection
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Researchers from the UK and
#Zimbabwe
have launched a new project that will explore how historical approaches to land evaluation continue to shape agriculture today and how indigenous knowledge can help support future climate adaptation. Full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/interna...
19 days ago
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Scientists from Rothamsted and Sorex Sensors have showcased pioneering pest detection technology that was awarded a Gold Medal and ‘Best GreenSTEM Exhibit’ at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show as part of an exhibit led by APHA. Full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/pest-de...
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Field work is in full swing at Rothamsted! Watch Dr Patrick Lehr and our Scanalyzer team up to phenotype this field of wheat - in hopes of learning more about nutrient use efficiency.
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New study shows crop species, and not soil type, primarily determines the beneficial functions provided by root-associated microbes. Full story👇
https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/plants-predictably-select-growth-boosting-microbes-regardless-soil-type
about 1 month ago
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Curious about trying natural pest control? Listen to Charlotte and Sam on the latest RPA podcast - they've been researching integrated pest management and how farmers can reduce their reliance on pesticides
https://ruralpayments.blog.gov.uk/2026/05/19/the-rural-payments-agency-podcast-episode-15/
about 1 month ago
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Scientists at Rothamsted have developed a new screening pipeline that could help accelerate the search for future fungicide leads - meaning faster responses to emerging crop diseases🌾 Full story👇
https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/new-pipeline-accelerate-fungicide-discovery-developed-rothamsted
about 1 month ago
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Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT)
about 1 month ago
Sarah Perryman at
@rothamsted.bsky.social
is looking for help in the field & in the lab for the survey. Expert
#botanists
are welcome but not necessarily required. So if you live nearby & can
#volunteer
for a day or 2, email her:
[email protected]
#Hertfordshire
#Botany
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How do bacteria move through soil and plants? Hitching rides on “fungal highways”... Find out more👇
https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/fungi-act-highways-bacteria-new-tools-reveal-how-microbes-travel-together-crops
about 1 month ago
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A major milestone for UK gene editing 🧬🌱 We have drilled the first UK crop to receive a PBO Release Notice under the new regulatory framework. Scientists are exploring ways to increase seed size, yield and oil content in camelina👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/rothams...
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Johnathan Napier
about 1 month ago
Great to be drilling our GM camelina again, to determine the real-world resilience of our nutritional enhancement traits. This is the 13th consecutive year we have run GM camelina trials at
@rothamsted.bsky.social
, we like long term experiments!
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At Rothamsted, we work with farmers to develop and adopt new on-farm innovations. ADOPT is a great opportunity to fund these innovations and applications are now open!
bit.ly/adoptsupport...
Check out current projects for inspiration too!
bit.ly/adoptprojects
#farming
#agriculture
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about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Rothamsted Research
Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT)
about 1 month ago
In June 2020, Graham McAuliffe & Laura Cardenas from
@rothamsted.bsky.social
wrote a
#blog
on the North Wyke Farm Platform
#LTE
@thefarmplatform.bsky.social
#NWFP
where Paul Harris is running the
#nutrients
experiment on
#grassland
. Read it here:
bit.ly/3oIbfP9
@rothamsted-lte.bsky.social
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Cattle grazing, pasture legumes & greenhouse gas emissions — ECOLOGICAL CONTINUITY TRUST -
A blog piece by Graham McAuliffe & Laura Cardenas from Rothamsted Research about the long-term experiment (LTE) at North Wyke Farm Platform that is registered with the Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT...
https://bit.ly/3oIbfP9
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Converting grassland to arable farming risks soil health and water quality🚜 Using long-term, field scale data from our Farm Platform in Devon, we found soil organic matter ⬇️45%, soil carbon and nitrogen ⬇️41%, phosphorus ⬇️ 61%👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/convert...
about 2 months ago
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🌾 Arable farmers, we need your voice 📣 Drought and blackgrass are two of the biggest pressures in arable farming right now. We want to know what's actually happening on your farm, and what's working. Anonymous | 15 mins to complete 👇
https://gre.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6YDfIax1GVJ5Kui
#wheat
about 2 months ago
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England’s farms have reduced their environmental footprint over past decade, according to new modelling, though reductions vary widely between regions👇
https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/farmings-environmental-footprint-shrinks-progress-uneven-across-england-1
about 2 months ago
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Scientists have uncovered a previously hidden chemical dialogue in the soil that could open new strategies for managing wireworms, a major pest of maize, wheat, and potatoes 👇
https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/secret-life-roots-how-plants-signal-pests-belowground
#farming
#agriculture
#maize
about 2 months ago
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Only 1 week left to apply for two summer studentship opportunities at Rothamsted: -Temperature and flooding stress on crop pathogen survival -Wheat genetics and wireworm infection responses
www.rsb.org.uk/plant-health...
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Plant Health Undergraduate Studentships
Opportunity for undergraduates to experience the exciting world of plant science research, tackle a key science challenge, and be paid for it through a plant health undergraduate studentship.
https://www.rsb.org.uk/plant-health-ug-studentships.html
2 months ago
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A low-cost forensic method developed by Rothamsted to track sediment pollution is being adopted by the Environment Agency, marking a significant step forward in protecting water quality👇
https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/rothamsted-research-forensic-science-adopted-environment-agency
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Do you work with crop disease and pathology trials data? Please take 15 minutes to complete the survey below to help shape the future of FAIR data in plant sciences.
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
#plantpathology
#cropdisease
#plantscience
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Microsoft Forms
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Applications for paid summer research projects from the Royal Society of Biology are now open, closing 28th April! Work with leading plant health researchers on 8-10 week placements, including Rothamsted. Apply now:
www.rsb.org.uk/plant-health-ug-studentships.html
#studentship
#internship
2 months ago
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📣FARMERS📣 We need your help for 20 minutes, so we can help you for years to come! This survey will help us discover how monitoring beneficial insects in farmland should be carried out 🪲 Please share with your networks👇
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ceh-online...
#regenag
#farming
#biodiversity
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Carabid Monitoring survey
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ceh-online-surveys/carabid-monitoring-survey-general
2 months ago
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Association of Applied Biologists
3 months ago
🍞🎤🍞 Speaker Announcement 🍞🎤🍞 Nigel Halford - Rothamsted Research, UK
@rothamsted.bsky.social
🧬 Reducing the acrylamide-forming potential of wheat, from fertilisation rates and disease control to CRISPR
#plantscience
#foodsafety
@ilsieurope.bsky.social
@costprogramme.bsky.social
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Rothamsted Research
Association of Applied Biologists
3 months ago
Our next webinar will be all 'aabout' plant genome editing, as part of our new PlantEd series! 📅 Tuesday 21 April 🕚️ 11AM BST | 12PM CET | 7PM KST 🧬 Feat. talks from: Tien Vu Van
@tienvu.bsky.social
Natasha Brock
@rothamsted.bsky.social
Register for free 👉️
buff.ly/ASJiGhm
#plantscience
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Nice to see comments from Helen Metcalfe on glysophate in The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/campaigners-demand-action-break-uk-addiction-to-glyphosate-herbicide
3 months ago
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And it's drilled! GE barley seeds with increased lipid content, the first crop to receive a Precision Bred Organism marketing notice, are in the ground. Find out more👇
https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/rothamsted-gene-edited-barley-crop-becomes-first-receive-uk-precision-bred-organism-marketing
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3 months ago
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From willow & miscanthus agronomy, to harvest demos, come along to the next Biomass Open Day in Tadcaster 🕤14th April, 9:30–13:30 📚 BASIS points applied 🔗
https://www.carboncapturecropping.com/news-and-events-1/biomass-open-day
#biomass
#BASIS
3 months ago
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Scientists have successfully developed wheat with dramatically reduced levels of asparagine using gene editing, offering a promising route to safer food production and improved regulatory compliance👇
https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/ultra-low-asparagine-wheat-developed-using-precision-gene-editing
3 months ago
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We are pleased to announce that Professor Martin Broadley has been appointed as interim CEO at Rothamsted Research. Full story 👇
https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/professor-martin-broadley-becomes-interim-ceo-rothamsted-research
3 months ago
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reposted by
Rothamsted Research
Ecological Continuity Trust (ECT)
3 months ago
We have a new webpage on the
#LongTermExperiment
#LTE
Broadbalk which is being led by Andy Gregory at
@rothamsted.bsky.social
. Learn about this experiment as well as its scientific impacts, & its historic background:
bit.ly/Broadbalk
@rothamsted-lte.bsky.social
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The Broadbalk Wheat Long-Term Experiment — ECOLOGICAL CONTINUITY TRUST -
The Broadbalk Wheat Long-Term Experiment is a nutrients experiment taking place at a grassland site in England.
https://bit.ly/Broadbalk
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Rothamsted gene-edited barley crop becomes first to receive a UK Precision Bred Organism marketing notice 🎉 By increasing lipid content in plant tissues, the barley provides a high-energy forage crop for ruminant livestock, improving feed efficiency👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/rothams...
3 months ago
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Rothamsted Research
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)
3 months ago
UKCEH and
@rothamsted.bsky.social
modelling shows how climate change could reshape GB’s rivers/farms by 2050. Findings: river nutrients ↑20–30%, ↑ west coast fluxes (3–10%), ↓ east (3–13%), 5-20% drop in most arable yields, 20% boost in maize yields Read more:
agzeroplus.org.uk/news-and-med...
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A pleasure to host the Agri Food Charities Partnership today - a network of organisations helping to train the next generation of agri scientists. Thank you to all the speakers!
3 months ago
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Scientists have discovered that chemicals produced by beetle larvae can directly stimulate harmful bacteria that damage oak trees, revealing a previously unknown mechanism driving tree disease. Full story 👇
https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/beetle-larvae-turn-tree-bacteria-oak-killing-pathogens
3 months ago
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reposted by
Rothamsted Research
Frederica Theodoulou
4 months ago
Delighted to announce 5 fully funded
#EngineeringBiology
#PhD
studentship opportunities "Training the next generation of Engineering Biologists for the delivery of green bio-based production (EngBio4GBP)" with Royal Holloway, Reading and
@rothamsted.bsky.social
To apply, visit:
bit.ly/4lrSxrH
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BBSRC EngBio4GBP DFA
BBSRC EngBio4GBP
http://bit.ly/4lrSxrH
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reposted by
Rothamsted Research
Frederica Theodoulou
4 months ago
It was a huge pleasure to attend the UK-ASEAN Symposium on
#PrecisionBreeding
in Hanoi this week, to represent
@rothamsted.bsky.social
latest work on gene edited crops. Great to meet lots of new people and hear about their research- looking forward to some fruitful new interactions.
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It was a pleasure to attend
#BritishScienceWeek
in Parliament where Ondrej, Grace, and Apple spoke to MPs about our research tackling hidden hunger and malnutrition - alongside many other British research institutions.
4 months ago
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Join us at
The Royal Society
where we will cover all aspects of meiosis studies over 2 days! Featuring our plenary speaker Dr Valérie Borde,
CNRS
. Register before 31st March:
https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/event/xvi-british-meiosis-meeting
#dna
#conference
#genetics
4 months ago
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reposted by
Rothamsted Research
@Devotolab
4 months ago
NEW! 4 years UKRI and Industry funded PhD studentship in
@devotolab.bsky.social
, @Syngenta,
@rothamsted.bsky.social
for a UK home student. To apply
www.royalholloway.ac.uk/studying-her...
Project info
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Enquiries:
[email protected]
,
www.Devotolab.org
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A new cycle begins as calves arrive at the North Wyke Farm Platform 🐮Our scientists will be monitoring their impact on soil health, water quality and greenhouse gas emissions, comparing arable cropping to livestock systems. Data available at:
https://nw-farmplatform.rothamsted.ac.uk/
4 months ago
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