221: Agricultural research at Strategic Cereal Farms

It’s Strategic Farm Week at AHDB! In this special edition of the podcast, we’ll discuss the research taking place at our host farms across the UK. Strategic Cereal Farm East host Brian Barker hosts a panel of researchers responsible for overseeing the harvest 2021 trials. Tune in to listen to: Emily Pope, Senior Knowledge Transfer Manager (Cereals & Oilseeds) at AHDB, providing an overview of the Strategic Cereal Farm programme (06.46 – 10.16 and 38.10 – 40.16) David Clarke, Soils and Farming Systems Technician at NIAB, on maximising the value of marginal land (10.18 – 15.57) Dr Lorna Cole, Agricultural Ecologist/Lecturer at SRUC, on monitoring and nurturing beneficial insects (16.28 – 23.17) Kate Smith, Soil Scientist at ADAS, on soil cultivations and cover crops  (23.31 – 32.39) Professor Fiona Burnett, Group Manager for Crop & Soil Systems at SRUC, on reducing fungicides in wheat (32.55 – 38.07) For more information about Strategic Farm Week – Winter 2020 visit: ahdb.org.uk/sfweek-winter-2020. You can find results from all this years’ trials at ahdb.org.uk/sfweek-winter-2020/results.  You can watch recordings by visiting ahdb.org.uk/cerealswebinars   To learn more about our three Strategic Cereal Farms, please find links to each farm below: Strategic Cereal Farm East (Brian Barker - E.J. Barker & Sons) Strategic Cereal Farm West (Rob Fox – Squab Hall Farm) Strategic Cereal Farm Scotland (David Aglen - Balbirnie Home Farms) You can find key AHDB publications visiting the AHDB Knowledge Library: https://ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library