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Speaker: Pete Berry, ADAS.
This is a summary of the YEN Conference 2026 session: Impacts of warm, dry and wet conditions on crop performance
The session began with a poll asking which factors most…
Speaker: Christina Baxter, ADAS.
This is a summary of the YEN Conference 2026 session: Impact of high yields on profitability and sustainability.
The resource discusses the debate between land…
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We are starting an ADOPT project with four farmers in Yorkshire to explore how we can make better crop nutrition decisions. Working with ADAS and the High Mowthorpe Farming Association and other…
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Farmers, advisors and researchers working together to understand and improve crop nutrition on-farm
Speakers:
Todd Jex, Agrii
Dmitry Feoktistov, NFU
Pete Berry, ADAS
This is a summary of the YEN Conference 2026 Session: Best Practices for Climate Resilience (Panel Discussion)
Key Messages:…
ARC Innovators is a new community from the Agronomy Research Circle of engaged farmers who are interested in testing new products & ideas and who like to get involved in projects and…
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Supporting on-farm research to understand what works on-farm, through explanations, evidence, experimentation and exchange
A practical overview for farmers, advisers, and researchers
Plasma Activated Water (PAW) is created when atmospheric plasma interacts with water, producing a solution rich in reactive oxygen and…
Using beans to rebuild rotational performance after stewardship.
ORC Researcher Dr. Colin Tosh recently developed a new framework for modelling the dynamics of agroecosystems, and here you are given full interactive access to these models.
One thing that ORC…
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This Defra ADOPT project is testing an exciting new technology from the United States that can allow farmers to produce nitrogen on-farm with a low-cost electro-catalysis plasma process.
NFU Conference is back for 2026 at Birmingham’s ICC to discuss ‘Building Farming’s Resilience’ in a two-day event which is the highlight of agriculture’s calendar. So, save the dates of Tuesday 24…
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A weed can have many definitions, one being, any plant growing in a place it is not wanted. This topic focuses mainly on weeds affecting agriculture.
Generally weeds are classified into two groups:…
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Intercropping is a method of planting two or more crops in close proximity to each other, either in alternate rows or in the same row. The goal of intercropping is to maximize the use of available…
ADOPT (Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies) is a funding competition designed to support farmer-led, on-farm trials and experiments. Funded by the Department for Environment, Food…
This webinar presents practical, technical insights from Year 1 of the Scotland Bean Variety Trial, with a focus on crop performance under Scottish conditions. Aimed at farmers and agronomists, the…
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ADAS are planning the annual Nutrition Challenge to compare the effect of different spring nutrition programmes on winter feed wheat yield, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) metrics and gross margin. The…
The countdown is on for the BASE-UK Annual Conference 2026 — two days of farmer-led insights, expert speakers, and lively discussion.
22 January 2026
Crieff Hydro Hotel
SAOS Conference returns to Crieff Hydro on January 22nd 2026.