Biopesticides ‘as good as pesticides’ to protect wheat (Global Plant Protection News)
Holly Jones2021-08-10T10:40:34+01:00
You can read the article here: UK: Biopesticides protect wheat | Global Plant Protection News (iapps2010.me)
You can read the article here: UK: Biopesticides protect wheat | Global Plant Protection News (iapps2010.me)
You can read the article here: Biopesticides ‘as good as pesticides’ to protect wheat – Farmers Weekly (fwi.co.uk)
Wednesday 28th July 2021, 14:00 – 15:00pm
To view the PowerPoint slide: Crop health North PowerPoint July 2021
To view the webinar*, please visit: https://vimeo.com/642367095
*Please note, the webinar took place on a particularly stormy day in Yorkshire, which did have impact on it’s quality with our AV supplier who was streaming the event on behalf of the project team. However, the quality still allows you to understand the speakers.
Summary
Over recent years the industry has followed a route that may have its own failings either through resistance issues, loss of actives and changes in regulation.
Biological crop protection products, or bioprotection products, work in many ways, to strengthen the plant’s natural resistance but also as direct antagonists to fungal and bacterial diseases and against insects. These are relatively new to the UK cereals but likely to become widely available over the next few years.
This session aims to showcase the work of Crop Health North who have conducted farmer field trials to investigate the effectiveness of using biological crop protection products vs. conventional chemical pesticides for crop protection in wheat.
The session will cover:
Who should attend?
Chair
Speakers
On Wednesday 9th June 2021, the IBMA hosted an online workshop to explore the role of biocontrol’s and the shift to nature, titled: ‘The shift to nature positive food and
farming – what role for biocontrol?’
Richard Bramley (The Farmer Scientist Network) was invited to speak at the event to share his views as a farmer on the use of biocontrol’s in the future. You can see the flyer here: IBMA FFF_9th June 2021
The event will be opened by David Kennedy (Defra DG Food, Farming and Biosecurity) and features guest speakers Richard Bramley (Farmer Scientist Network) David Hill (The Environment Bank) Sue Davies (Which?), Guy Pengelley (Milltrust), Dave Bench (Crop Protection Association) and will be closed with a keynote address and student prizes awarded by Prof Gideon Henderson.
To see the summary of the event and the programme, visit: Join the digital Fera Science Ltd & IAFRI 2020 Science Symposium
The Crop Health North Conference and demonstration day will take place in June 2020 at Stockbridge Technology Centre. To register your interest in attending the event, please email: hollyj@yas.co.uk
The AICC Conference took place on the 14th and 15th January 2020 at Whittlebury Hall, Towcester. Dr Dave George, Newcastle University and Tom King, Eurofins presented the recent results of the project to a sold out conference.
The conference has become the key annual gathering of European stakeholders willing to engage and discuss the future of agriculture in Europe and the challenges which lie ahead. The conference is a key annual opportunity for European stakeholders to engage and discuss the future of agriculture in Europe and the challenges that lie ahead.
Discussion on day one involved high-level panellists and focused on sustainability from farm to fork. The second day started with a discussion on the impact of increasing societal demands on food prices. This was followed by a debate on the outlook for EU agricultural markets (crops, biofuels, specialised crops, meat and dairy).
Participants included EU institutions, governments and international organisations, those involved in the food supply chain, market experts, academics, think tanks and civil society.
You can hear Dr Roma Gwynn speak at the conference by following this link:
Starting at 02:18:00:
https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/eu-agricultural-outlook-conference-10-12
You can find out more about the conference here: https://ec.europa.eu/info/events/2019-eu-agricultural-outlook-conference-2019-dec-10_en
In June, James Standen, Farm Director, Newcastle University Farms, spoke about the project at the Innovate UK event hosted by KTN, in partnership with University of Sheffield. You can find out more here: https://ktn-uk.org/news/supporting-the-early-adoption-of-agri-tech-innovations/