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In our ‘Ask the Expert’ on cereal diseases in 2024, Aoife O'Driscoll ADAS and Jonathan Blake & Patrick Stephenson discuss the control of brown and yellow rusts, Septoria & sowing dates, why #ergot was more of an issue last year, and barley diseases #AICC25 #independent #agronomy

Bread and Beer or Bees and Butterflies is a great title for a discussion on food security and sustainability at #AICC25 – with David Exwood National Farmers' Union, Paul Wilson Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN, Peter Craven🚜🇬🇧🦋🐝🐞 Natural England, and Ben Abell Dyson Farming. #independent #agronomy

Importing our food and exporting our environmental footprint doesn’t make sense says Deputy NFU President, David Exwood National Farmers' Union at the #AICC25 Annual Technical Conference. #independent #agronomy

Here we go again, first new Harry’s Farm video of 2025.. Why UK farming is broken in 2025 because grain prices have not kept up w... youtu.be/370ilpxxxp8?si… via YouTube

China opens first cultivated meat and fermentation centre worth $11M 🇨🇳🍔 hubs.li/Q034rKyd0 What's the best path forward? For decision-makers to embrace modern food disruptions, and intervene as little as possible except to protect individuals and communities...

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This is BIG. The European Commission is funding environmental NGOs (eNGOs) - but there’s a catch. These same groups use that money to lobby against biotechnology and push for more organic farming - even when science says it’s less efficient. In other words, the EU is

#EDF want to cancel plans for an Acoustic Fish Deterrent that would help prevent millions of fish in the Severn Estuary being sucked into & killed in the water intake pipe. #Biodiversity is in decline. This isn't good enough. Agree? Sign the petition: win.newmode.net/hinkley-point-…

ICYMI When Defra UK is prioritising domestic food security, and Ministers say they want the country to produce more food, why is Lloyds encouraging farming customers down a path which its own reports say will result in 24% lower crop yields? scienceforsustainableagriculture.com/derrickwilkins…

Well worth a read - Derrick Wilkinson correctly highlights "that measuring resource use and environmental impact per unit of production is the only meaningful and consistent way to express the environmental footprint of specific products... scienceforsustainableagriculture.com/derrickwilkins…

Crop Advisors celebrating 25 years of outstanding service. Many thanks and here’s to the next 25 yrs!!!

Trying to achieve food sovereignty with ancient corn is like trying to power a modern city with a campfire. It’s primitive, inefficient, and unfit for the task. Agriculture has evolved for a reason. Romanticizing the past won’t feed the future.

It may be dry out there but Eyespot is not hard to find in some thicker October sown wheat crops (this is from Extase)

Science literacy is collapsing. And with it, the foundations of civilization. People fear vaccines more than viruses. So diseases we once defeated are coming back. They fear GMOs more than hunger. So we reject tools that could feed millions. They fear nuclear more than climate

We don't pay enough for our food, says Alan Titchmarsh bbc.in/4lc9aY0

Excellent article from Paul Temple highlighting the need for farmers to embrace technology and focus on optimising output from the best land whilst undertaking "land sparing" for the less productive areas.

🚨 The results are in! 🚨 The National Stem Larvae Survey 2025 has landed – revealing key insights into CSFB pressure across the UK. 🔍Find out what it means for your OSR crop and future strategies. unitedoilseeds.co.uk/national-stem-… #OSR #FleaBeetle #CSFB #CropProtection #OilseedRape

Bring back YR varietal diversification perhaps to prolong genetic resistance - used to be a key consideration before effective fungicides

"AHDB levy income has already been hit by the loss of its potatoes and horticulture sectors. Does a more secure future really lie in transitioning to lower yield farming systems which could further reduce AHDB's future income prospects?" Paul Temple scienceforsustainableagriculture.com/paultemple8

"Currently, developing a new crop variety in the UK can take up to eight years. However, with the creation of this new programmable plant technology, the development timeline could be drastically reduced to a year or even less." openaccessgovernment.org/cambridge-rese…