Delighted to have been part of the launch of the first BYDV resistant wheat with RAGT Seeds UK - an exciting trait that will benefit farmers and the environment following the withdrawal of Neonic seed treatments

Great to see Agritech featured at the New Scientist exhibition at Excel - thanks to Farmers Weekly for making it happen !

“The Hive” is open for business, a great facility with large and small meeting rooms, full catering facilities with farm house kitchen, free WiFi, plenty of parking and fully connected. Please get in touch. @beeswaxfarming

A really good ‘Tech’ day today - lots of new innovations showcased by Syngenta UK this morning followed by a meeting at NPL discussing the future of microwave technology in crop management !

I know there is a lot of Corona info everywhere in social media, but this is a really good 2m watch re. the numbers and how physical distancing can make such a difference - stay safe everyone!

Next up, 201 genomes from the United Kingdom. These show a different pattern in which there are multiple clusters of related viruses, suggesting repeated introductions into the country followed by local spread. nextstrain.org/ncov?f_country… 8/14

Just read that the European Commission has set a target to reduce the “overall use and risk” of pesticides by 50% by 2030 under its new Farm to Fork strategy - Yikes! Hopefully the brakes will come off Biotech options such as gene editing as alternative means of crop protection?

The European Commission has acknowledged that new biotechnology techniques “may play a role” in its Farm to Fork strategy on sustainable agriculture whereby Agchem usage will be reduced by 50%, but has given no further details yet, this is an encouraging first step.

Over the last few days we have detected stem rust in some of our fungicide untreated winter wheat plots. Not one that I have ever seen in the field until now. 2020 is definitely a strange year - photo courtesy Fiona Hutton

Government to consult on gene-editing in the UK - things are heading in the right direction !agritradenews.co.uk/news/2020/07/3…

Detecting two of the most important mutations involved in fungicide resistance in Z. tritici is now a little easier #EURORES bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

First strawberry and tomato trials off to a good start with my "Start-Up" client, Glaia Ltd . Positive early indications already showing with a new nanotech product - exciting!

This is a great idea - a really useful website to keep up to date with the wealth of technical info that is being broadcast

Parts of the Arctic averaged up to +14 °C above normal for the entire month of November. Preliminary data suggesting we witnessed the hottest November globally on record. 2020 is on track to be the hottest year on record. [THREAD]

Some good news - Reporting of strict controls for emergency pesticide authorisation deframedia.blog.gov.uk/2021/01/10/rep…

We are in an exciting digital developmental phase in Agriculture - I have tried to cover most of what is new - there is so much going on, it was quite a task ! lnkd.in/eEFwUEe

Well done to the team Rothamsted Research for the significant progress on this important pathogen 👏 rothamsted.ac.uk/news/taking-ta…

First round completed of the new Claritas, independent agronomy sessions for farmers, reviewing Autumn planning - varietal choice, herbicide programmes and nutrition followed by in-field crop inspection - still a few places available for next sessions in Nov/Dec if interested

1st spring planning Claritas meetings started, still a few places on the remaining two Dec meetings. Agenda includes Nitrogen Strategy, ELMs, SFI, T0 T1 fungicide choice, new actives, resistance update, spring varietal choice and herbicides - see claritas.org.uk to join

This caught my eye in the local garden centre !