Live Projects

 Bird damage, particularly from pigeons, is a major challenge for UK brassica a

  • Salad crops

 Capsid bugs (Orthops spp.) are a major pest in UK celery production,

  • Fieldscale vegetables

Carrot growers face major challenges from foliar diseases like Alternaria leaf

  • Fieldscale vegetables

The adoption of indoor farming using total controlled environment agriculture (TCEA) systems can

  • Soft fruit

Mastitis is one of the most expensive and persistent problems in UK dairy farmi

  • Ruminants

 Sheep scab is a highly contagious ectoparasitic disease causing severe welfare

  • Ruminants

This farmer-led project will investigate the long-term use of anaerobic digestate (AD) as a ferti

  • Bioeconomy
  • Combinable crops
  • Novel food systems

This project explores the potential for growing hops in a controlled glasshouse environment, aimi

  • Novel food systems

This project, led by ShedField Growers Ltd at The Leen in Herefordshire, will develop a sustainab

  • Combinable crops

This project will demonstrate the conversion of a Massey Ferguson 290 tractor from diesel to gree

  • Bioeconomy

The agricultural sector is under pressure to adopt sustainable practices, reduce reliance on synt

  • Combinable crops

Our project, Evaluating Nutrient Efficiency While Enhancing Yield and Nutritional Value of Silage

Peat has long been the dominant ingredient in horticultural growing media due to its unique prope

  • Agroforestry
  • Fieldscale vegetables
  • Novel food systems
  • Salad crops
  • Soft fruit
  • Tree crops

Using on-farm trials we plan to evaluate the combined use of

  • Agroforestry
  • Tree crops

UK vineyards currently lack a reliable, cost-effective way to predict shoot counts early, creatin

  • Viticulture

This farmer-led demonstration explores the potential of hydroponic barley fodder to improve growt

  • Forages
  • Ruminants

This project aims to reduce fertiliser use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in UK wheat produc

  • Combinable crops