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  1. Brid @ ADAS

    Do you have any concerns about using red clover with your sheep?

    ADAS is asking sheep farmers to complete a five-minute survey to identify if there are barriers preventing them from adopting red clover mixed leys. Click here to take the red clover survey Responses submitted by 31 July 2023 will be entered into a prize draw to win a hamper worth £100. Why...
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    Join YEN soon for free soil analysis!

    If you are interested in joining a Yield Enhancement Network in 2023, register before the end of April to qualify for free soil analysis! Free soil analysis is included as a benefit of YEN membership. However, the deadline to send soil samples to the lab for analysis is 30 April. Growers who...
  3. Brid @ ADAS

    YEN shows new world record cereal yields are sustainable, profitable and inspiring

    At the YEN Awards last week, it was announced that Tim Lamyman’s farm at Worlaby Lincolnshire produced 18.0 t/ha of wheat and 16.2 t/ha of barley, both new world records. This is fantastic, and laudable in all respects, but it’s no accident. Tim Lamyman has grown high yielding crops for many...
  4. Brid @ ADAS

    How many days does it require for plants to start absorbing fertilizer?

    Sorry for the delay, I checked with Roger Sylvester-Bradley, (our head of crop performance) about relevant research. The answer for ammonium nitrate is “within one day”, as shown in the attached paper (see Fig 3 & 4). He strongly suspects that ammonium sulphate & CAN would be just as fast. Urea...
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    Join the Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) Conference and Awards

    Who achieved the top cereal and oilseed crop yields of 2022? 🌾🌾🌾 Find out by joining us 24th of January for the Yield Enhancement Network Conference and Awards at the EoE Arena in Peterborough! 🏆 We'll be looking back at what we've learned over the last 10 years researching top crop yields and...
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    Funded places available for crop carbon benchmarking network YEN Zero

    We can't pay but you could get a lot of learning for free by teaming up with a sponsor - a carbon footprint report for your farm, a benchmarking report on how well you're doing against other farmers, free workshops on how to cut emissions. Sorry for the late reply! Send us an email...
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    Funded places available for crop carbon benchmarking network YEN Zero

    Are you a combinable or forage crop grower looking to better understand and reduce your carbon footprint? Sponsored entries are available now for the crop carbon benchmarking network YEN Zero. YEN Zero helps growers to: calculate their crop carbon footprints and and benchmark their results...
  8. Brid @ ADAS

    Calculate, compare and cut crop carbon emissions with the YEN Zero farm network

    To assist growers at the start of their carbon reduction journey, crop carbon benchmarking network YEN Zero is back and open to all for 2022/2023. With an initial focus on combinable and forage crops, the network helps growers to calculate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with their...
  9. Brid @ ADAS

    Help guide development of new SFI standard for pest management

    Just to confirm what's involved for this project - Participants will be asked to complete an online Integrated Pest Management Decision Making Tool, designed by ADAS, for their cropping types and give feedback. They may get asked to take part in a follow on interview. Participants will receive...
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    Help guide development of new SFI standard for pest management

    Hi everyone, ADAS are working with the NFU and SRUC to guide the development of a new Sustainable Farming Incentive Standard for Integrated Pest Management (IPM). This Defra-funded project will help farmers, growers and advisers to combine cultural, biological, physical and chemical tools to...
  11. Brid @ ADAS

    Free entry available for Oilseed, Pea and Bean YENs

    True! The sponsored places are to cover this year. You will be able to join Oilseed YEN next year but not sure about the sponsored place availability yet.
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    Free entry available for Oilseed, Pea and Bean YENs

    Hope it's ok to post. For the Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) this year, we have several sponsors interested in covering the cost of entry for oilseed, combinable pea, and bean growers. This means you may be able to become a YEN member for free this year. There are multiple benefits to being a...
  13. Brid @ ADAS

    Webinar: How woodland creation could benefit your farm business

    ADAS is delighted to welcome the Forestry Commission to discuss the economic, social and environmental benefits of woodland creation for farmers. The webinar will be a 30 min presentation with 30 mins for questions. We will cover: Benefits of woodland creation for farmers and communities...
  14. Brid @ ADAS

    Help us develop a smart app to manage wheat pests

    We would love to do as an app (we've had this request a few times) but it all comes down to funding unfortunately. We put a proposal to Defra in 2019 to update PLANET & MANNER to web-based but it stalled. Still hopeful one day we get the funding to make it happen!
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    Help us develop a smart app to manage wheat pests

    ADAS have recently started working on a Defra/UKRI Farming Innovations Pathway research project in collaboration with Sheffield University and Mutus Tech Ltd. The aim of this project is to develop a “smart app” to help farmers with the identification and treatment of invertebrate pests in wheat...
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    Situation Vacant Field Research Scientists - Cambridgeshire, Herefordshire & N. Yorkshire

    ADAS is seeking several Field Research Scientists looking to gain practical knowledge and experience in a research environment to work as part of a team responsible for setting up and undertaking field and plot experiments as part of the ADAS R&D agricultural and agri-environmental programs...
  17. Brid @ ADAS

    Webinar – Future-proofing your farm business

    Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 7:00pm – 8:00pm In 2028, what would you like your farm business to look like? Over the next six years, farmers across England will have to navigate the loss of their Basic Payment Scheme payments. To successfully adapt, we need to understand what lies ahead and take...
  18. Brid @ ADAS

    Looking to improve your bean or pea yields?

    Calling all bean and pea growers! Want to learn how to improve the quality and quantity of your yield? Join the Bean or Pea Yield Enhancement Network (YEN). We have some sponsored places available now to cover the cost for new pea and bean entries. What is YEN? YEN gives each grower a thorough...
  19. Brid @ ADAS

    Making Tax Digital

    Just in case you wanted to see Xero in action, we are offering a free online workshop for beginners next Monday evening. Could be helpful - https://adas.co.uk/events/xero-cloud-accounting-free-workshops/ We're also running a more advanced workshop later in the week.
  20. Brid @ ADAS

    Zoom into Soil: Regenerative Agriculture webinar recording

    Supported by ADAS and in collaboration with the British Ecological Society, the British Society of Soil Sciences welcomed Dr Anne Bhogal and Professor Richard Bardgett to present their expert knowledge on the topic of regenerative agriculture. Dr Anne Bhogal's talk, ‘Soil organic matter: the key...
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