Agronomy Conference 2024

Join us online for this year's Agronomy Conference for insight into the latest research on practical agronomy for the whole rotation.

The event, which is now in its eighteenth year, features a mix of in-depth technical papers and expert-led thematic overviews. It provides valuable technical information for agronomists, farmers, researchers and industry.

Programme

Session 1: Integrated pest management (IPM)

• Getting farmers engaged with IPM – Mark Ramsden, ADAS
• Cabbage stem flea beetle IPM: what do we know and where do we go? – Sacha White, AHDB
• Breeding for CSFB tolerance: are we likely to succeed? – Rachel Wells, JIC
• A new emphasis for the UKCPVS – Huw Davis, NIAB
• IPM Q&A with session speakers – Ana Reynolds, AHDB

Session 2: Appropriate pesticide doses

• Fungicide performance and resistance update in wheat and barley – Stuart Knight, NIAB
• Fungicide performance and resistance update in oilseed rape – Phil Walker, ADAS
• Have we got insecticide resistance guidance wrong? – Sacha White, AHDB
• Herbicide resistance update and production system pressures – Lynn Tatnell and Katy Hebditch, ADAS
• Pesticide Q&A with session speakers – Ollie Johnson, AHDB

Session 3: Sustainable farming (varieties)

• How I learned to stop worrying and love the RL fungicide program – Paul Gosling, AHDB
• Delivering sustainable wheat – Diane Saunders, JIC
• Identifying cereals/lines that battle black-grass better – Jed Clark, University of Leeds (PhD)
• Testing varieties for low-input farming systems – Dominic Amos, Cope Seeds
• Sustainable varieties Q&A with session speakers – Ana Reynolds, AHDB

Session 4: Sustainable farming (environment)

• Maximising research impact: identifying the questions, coordinating the response – Ana Reynolds, AHDB
• Making more efficient use of nutrients: RB209 review findings and direction – Amanda Bennett, AHDB
• Biostimulants: science-backed tools or overhyped products? - Danielle Roche, Ceres Research
• Cover cropping: navigating challenges and harnessing opportunities – David Purdy and Toby Simpson
• Environment Q&A with session speakers - Ollie Johnson, AHDB

Watch the 2023 Agronomy Conference