Crop research specialists based in Cambridgeshire.
Boxworth, Cambridgeshire
Joined August 2022
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Staff from Boxworth will be joining our colleagues at @Groundswellaguk today and tomorrow. Pop by stand D34 in the Demo Field for a chat about what we've been up to and earn some CPD points by participating in our BASIS Knowledge Trail quiz!
It's tomorrow @Groundswellaguk!🥳
Find us in the Demo Field at our soil pit with @Soil_Science.
Our soils, crop physiology, crop pathology & weed science teams will be there tomorrow, ready to field your questions.
We're also on the BASIS Knowledge Trail ⬅️
See you there! 👋
ADAS was well represented at the @CombertonVC Sixth Form Careers Fair today with members from Weed Science, Horticultural Pathology and Crop Physiology teams inspiring students as to the many careers available in agricultural research.
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🌾 Crop nutrition excellence leads to success at the Yield Enhancement Network Conference 🏆
Thank you to all who joined our YEN Conference, especially our speakers & panellists for sharing their #cropnutrition wisdom.
View our #YEN2025 winners 📸⬇️
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The @adasYEN conference is happening today. We process the cereal YEN samples here at Boxworth, it’s amazing to see the hard work of our team accumulating the data and congratulate the winners.
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It's almost time for our annual conference - Tues 21 January, Peterborough 🌾
A great mix of speakers from across the sector ready to share their knowledge & expertise on #CropNutrition
Sign up to join ⬇️ Free for YEN members. Guests welcome for £100+VAT
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Santa (Tom) and his Christmas elf (Harry) stopped by @ADASBoxworth for our Christmas office lunch & raffle yesterday🎅 Thanks to the guys & to @ImDrSarahCook for baking enough potatoes to feed a small army!
The £230 we raised is on its way to @EACH_hospices 🎄
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The alternative @ADASBoxworth Christmas tree 🎄📚
Made with the help of:
Journal of Soil Science
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
Annals of Applied Botany
Agriculture
Happy Christmas everyone 😀🎄
@ADASGroup @RSKGroup
We’ve been doing our own bake-off contest in the field team. The technical challenge of each week has to be brought in by a pre-picked member! Here’s what we’ve had so far!
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We're recruiting a Lab Research Scientist to join our team in Cambridge!
Want to find out more? Check out the link below 👇
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Both our ryegrass and black grass trial sites have had their final late drilling completed last week. Herbicide treatment sprays and assessments are now to follow!
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Another not great pic of @ADASBoxworth @weedwise black-grass site.
So much to talk about;
Stacking cultural & herbicide control. New herbicide options. Maximising weed suppression across drill dates/companion crops. Optimum timings & approaches to sequencing herbicides +++more
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Italian Ryegrass trials site coming together @ADASBoxworth @weedwiseuk
It's so important that we develop and refine approaches to IWM in this weed as it continues to increase as a significant weed issue on-farm in the UK.
and yes that is a lot of plots isn't it!
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Not the greatest of photos but here's @ADASBoxworth trials team establishing black-grass management trials established.
What a frustrating autumn it's been but thanks to their hard work we are up and running!
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Looking for a student placement where you can gain hands on experience of crop research?
Apply here to join the team @ADASGroup. I started at ADAS as a placement student and I’m still here 7 years later! Can highly recommend.
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Members of ADAS were at the @CombertonVC careers fair yesterday hopefully inspiring young minds to pursue a career in agricultural research
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📸 A highlight in our staff calendars - the annual @ADASBoxworth #harvest festival 🍅🫑🥕🍰
With categories for best veg, best bakes, and - because we're ADAS - best crop disease example & best compost. All our favourite things! 😀
Thanks for organising @fayeritchie 👏
