Let's talk #CoverCrops 🌿🌱 How much nitrogen do they provide to the following crop? 🌾 Do they help reduce #fertiliser use? 🚜 Get answers to these questions at our webinar 'The Nutrient Benefits of Cover Crops' 💻 📅 Monday 23 June 🕛 12pm-1pm adas.co.uk/events/the-nut…

📣Calling all photosynthesis researchers with artistic flair! 🍃🎨 Enter a logo design for #ICPR2026 in Liverpool and if picked you will gain free conference registration! 🗓️Submission deadline: 15th July More info > tinyurl.com/4k5837v5 #Photosynthesis #plantscience

☔️ The rainout shelters (aka polytunnels) are up in the Root2Res ADAS High Mowthorpe #fababean trial. Imposing a late #drought to see how well the different varieties #root and take up #water

We've got an exciting opportunity at our #HeritageSeedLibrary! We're looking for a #SeedOfficer to help maintain our collection & assist with planning, production, processing and distribution of #seed. Click here: gardenorganic.org.uk/who-we-are/wor… to find out more. Closes 26 June.

#summer #insetday in the sunshine. #Attenborough #naturereserve followed by garden #waterplay and the little #paddlingpool lovely.

Celebration #lemondrizzle birthday cake for my eldest who is now 8! How did that happen?!

Yesterday at the AHDB Cereals strategic Farm North open day. We dodged showers and learnt about the #drainage, #earthworm and #nutrition trials. Still smiling at the end of the day! #onfarmresearch Clive Blacker Anne Bhogal David Blacker

I'm looking forward to #groundswell25 tomorrow. Lots of opportunities to learn, connect and enjoy the atmosphere. Come and say hi and see the soil beneath your feet.

#Groundswell25 was fantastic! 🫚 Annual date with a chicory #taproot in the #soil pit ADAS stand. 🫘 Beans & pulses talk: Cultural acceptance, school meals, diversity, price, risk on farm & connecting breeders and producers. Highlight, was meeting so many lovely people.

The latest episode of Inside the Pod is available now. In this episode, Simon Jackson, Field Technical Manager at Syngenta, speaks about the company's work developing biostimulants for pulses. Listen on Spotify (open.spotify.com/episode/4FSuK1…) or on YouTube (youtu.be/ttX-CYi2s8s)

Strengthening the future of science 💪 In this Plant Biotechnology Journal editorial, the Global Plant Council including our exec Geraint Parry, explore why joining a scientific society has never been more important! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

🤓 Have you seen the latest edition of the ISRR newsletter? If not check it out for the latest updates and info on #roots and the #rhizosphere rootresearch.org/newsletter

🌱 Catch up on 4 recent IBH Root-related seminars featuring research from: 1. Dr. Riccardo Fusi – U. of Nottingham 2. Prof. Lee Hickey – U. of Queensland 3. Dr. Rahul Bhosale – U. of Nottingham International Barley Hub James Hutton Institute

🌾 BREAKTHROUGH: We've developed a game-changing method using drones + AI to predict crop root traits in the field! Published in @J_Exp_Bot: academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-ar…

🫛 Planning for #pulses in 2026? 🫛 Don’t forget, our #Bean YEN and #Pea YEN will return next year, thanks to our partners pgro 🎉 When entries open, enter your pulse crop to learn how to maximise your yields. ➡️ yen.adas.co.uk/projects/bean-… ➡️ yen.adas.co.uk/projects/pea-y…

Check-out the programme for #Roots to #RegenAg! 👉 cvent.me/0Zo9ae Ft. a fantastic line-up of talks, panel discussions, poster presentations & networking opportunities. Don't miss this synthesis of science & agriculture! 📍York & Online, 18-20 Nov #plantscience

𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗯𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 #𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆? 🌾 Join one of our upcoming Farming Association winter meetings (online or in-person) completely free & with no obligation ⬇️ adas.co.uk/news/try-out-t…

🎃 Trick or Treat? 🎃 (Hint it will be a real treat!) Registration for #Roots2RegenAg closes this Friday 31st October! 👻 Join us in York this November, as we connect science & farming to explore the evidence for regenerative agriculture>> cvent.me/0Zo9ae #plantscience

After confirming the presence of pea bruchid in a UK-grown pea crop in late August, PGRO continues to call for vigilance and reporting from growers across the country. Find out more at pgro.org/first-occurren…

🌱 Call for Papers: Legumes in Science and Practice 2025 Deadline: 30 Nov 2025 Share your research on how legumes advance sustainable, climate-smart farming 🌾 🔗 legumehub.eu/news/legumes-i… #Legumes #AgResearch #Sustainability #CallForPapers