They're here but what happens next: interesting piece from Reading colleagues about what happens to daffodil and snowdrop seeds through the year. research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/…

Apply to do a PhD SAPD at Reading Uni about effects of climate on pest control in Pear. Deadline Friday 31st Jan at noon. BES careers BES Agricultural Ecology STFC Food Network+ AHDB Horticulture

New paper: estimated economic benefit of pollination varies between faba bean varieties, how yield is measured, and experimental setup. We need to consider these sources of variation to better predict impact of pollinator loss and/or benefits of management doi.org/10.1038/s41598…

PhD: Parasitoid wasps can provide effective pest control in glasshouses. Efficacy in field crops is variable and unpredictable. We want to understand why they succeed or fail in control of pests + help overcome barriers to their use in field crops research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosystems…

PhD on sustainable pest control in field crops open to applications now Queen's University Belfast 🎓 + SAPD at Reading Uni. Quantitative and fieldwork. Please RT BES Agricultural Ecology STFC Food Network+ BES careers AAB @aabiologists.bsky.social

Introducing our "ClearSky" algorithm: University of Hertfordshire uses Goonhilly deep learning hub for #AI venture that 'sees through' clouds goonhilly.org/GES-blog/unive… NVIDIA Herts Research Copernicus EU Science and Technology Facilities Council Copernicus EO Data European Space Agency Kirk Borne @BBCAmos #EarthObservation

Big step forward for faba bean improvement

Looking for an Agroecology PhD? One week left to apply for what sounds like a great project

In case you missed it AHDB #AgronomyWeek session on Yield Resilience in Climate Extremes is now available on demand. Was happy to see we came out with similar key messages. youtu.be/rybomZuL_9I

'Environmentally-focused farmers more financially stable' - our new paper. Read it for free here authors.elsevier.com/c/1cHly,70zHg~… AHDB

Week 84 Great collaboration with Jake Bishop - it is open access and the proper pdf version is coming on its way - the supply by Jake is pretty awesome. #metaanalysis (check out some cool orchard plot! - initially proposed here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…)

Excited to share our new paper in Journal of Applied Ecology great collaboration with Shinichi Nakagawa | 中川震一. Quantifying crop pollinator dependence and its heterogeneity using multi‐level meta‐analysis. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Interesting...agri-env schemes lead to greater farm income stability, whilst direct payments lead to less stability. Implications for #ELM @cazharkness Jake Bishop rothamsted.ac.uk/news/agri-envi…

Please RT: Funded PhD with me SAPD at Reading Uni now open for applications. Addressing the challenge of combined heat and drought stress for cereal production. Closing 0930 8th Feb. See research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosystems…

Happy @cazharkness' paper has had a lot of interest from the farming press. Still time to access the full paper for free

Edith Mary Gayton Lecture : eventbrite.co.uk/e/regenerative… Eventbrite UK

Delighted to share our new paper Shinichi Nakagawa | 中川震一

Great seminar by Hans de Kroon from Radboud University He took us from the depressing lost of insects🪳🐞🦟🦗 to the hopeful restoration of corridors working hand on hand 🤝with farmers 👩‍🌾👨‍🌾 UoR BioSci hosted by Tom Oliver

PhD studentship - meta-analysis + spatial models to improve landscape management for pollinators and farmers. Really excited about this opportunity at SAPD at Reading Uni + UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology great team including John Redhead. Deadline 23rd June UK home applicants only sorry research.reading.ac.uk/scenario/wp-co…