Here are Lorenzo and Abdul harvesting a pea trial in Kent yesterday - so it still counts as being being during #Farm24! 😃

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Putting science into practice during #Harvest24 – NIAB researchers setting up LiDAR + RTK-GPS to map orchards, facilitating variable-rate applications of biological controls. Less inputs for equal outputs = good for all. Part of the POME Project➡️ ow.ly/mBAV50SVGl4

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Hottest day of the year recorded on our trial grounds today 👇

It's a busy time in our Analytical Services team! Here you can see a search on some cereal, some prepared seed ready to be planted for germination tests and finally a planted cereal germination sample. For more info on the tests offered and prices see ow.ly/sU0C50SWOJF

📹The latest #CHCx3 webinar on bio-materials for the construction is now available to watch ➡️ ow.ly/52gX50SYAZ9

The trials team in Kent have been busy harvesting the Winter Wheat Recommended List trial at Petham in Kent. #Harvest24

The video from the STAR online seminar is now available! Find out more about STAR from Nathan Morris, #CHCx3 from Lydia Smith and how cropping system models support N management from Davey Clarke ➡️ow.ly/pkFy50T1fFT

The #CHCx3 cover crop trial being drilled today at Morley in Norfolk. The trial is looking at how different drill timings effect the growth of the cover crops. For more on the Centre for High Carbon Capture Cropping see carboncapturecropping.com/cover-crops

NIAB's Forage Crop Specialist Ellie Sweetman explains about the first phase of a project involving #NIAB and MGA which is investigating soil nitrogen release in relation to levels of soil organic matter ➡️ ow.ly/c2NM50T2TmF

Here's Peter counting bunt spores. Bunt causes infected wheat seeds to be replaced by bunt balls and can ruin a whole field. It's important to get your seed tested as symptoms won't be visible until ear emergence. For #NIAB's testing services and prices ➡️ow.ly/4qCy50T38Wg

On a grey day, the sunflower trial is providing a welcome burst of colour on our trial grounds on the outskirts of Cambridge.

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Some filming yesterday in our Cambridge glasshouse - the chickpea crop for the Cicero project is looking good! Lots of good variations as we explore the potential for domestic chickpea production. More on the project ➡️ow.ly/YfTr50TaAI0

Nine new varieties have been added to the British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) (BSPB) 2025 Forage Maize Descriptive Lists ➡️ow.ly/lUvo50Tch8E

NIAB's Kent and Devon trials teams working together to harvest the Descriptive List (DL) Maize trials in Kent last Friday - great work by both teams to get the harvest done. For more on the nine new varieties in 2025's DL see ow.ly/K3MQ50TcsYn

We held the first NIAB Vine Club research day this week, where Vine Club members visited our East Malling site and heard about our latest vine and wine research. If you want to join us in future, there is a vine and wine membership for you ➡️ ow.ly/EBoB50Tf7tx

We're seeing lots of seed samples coming into our lab infected with seedling blight - Microdochium nivale. This can affect germinating seeds and it's advised to use a seed treatment with levels of seedling blight of above 10-15%. Get your seeds tested ➡️ ow.ly/Q49L50TgnFY

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