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![Attendees at the kick-off meeting](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/20240216_151501_1.jpg?itok=2uV4wTec)
The IPM-Net Knowledge Exchange Network recently held a kick-off meeting at Nottingham Trent University Brackenhurst Campus.
The IPM NET Kick-off brought together a mixture of farmers, advisors,…
![Wildflowers](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/Wildflowers_0.jpg?itok=9yXnXMsi)
Produced as part of the BEESPOKE Project, aimed at increasing levels of pollinators at local and landscape scales.
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Project objectives
To quantify the impact of contrasting cover crop mixes and destruction techniques on over winter nitrate leaching, soil nitrogen supply (and hence crop nitrogen fertiliser…
![Orius Laevigatus](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/Screenshot%202024-02-14%20134125.png?itok=7jTwgUpb)
The introduction of natural enemies (biological controls) has become a common method for dealing with certain pests.
![Robert Lyon](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/Screenshot%202024-02-14%20101842.png?itok=PTdNNQ-u)
Protein-rich peas and beans are replacing concentrates in the winter ration of sheep and cattle at a Radnorshire farm.
![Dock Weeds](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/Dock%20weeds.jpg?itok=J-yEXNvN)
Docks are perennial weeds that compete with forages of nutritional importance for livestock production.
![Potatoes](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/potatoes-pixabay.jpg?itok=2NPfZJ9Q)
Root crops present a particular challenge to farmers who are trying to adopt regenerative practices.
![Maize with living mulch](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/Screenshot%202024-02-14%20091914.png?itok=F10lR4bU)
In a recent RASE Farm of the Future webinar, three farmers shared their experiences of putting regenerative farming theory into practice.
![Oilseed rape](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/Screenshot%202024-02-13%20162016.png?itok=-KWOnEA1)
Several diseases affect oilseed rape. However, it is possible to suppress the risk of economic damage by combining non-chemical and chemical approaches.
![Guide Cover](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2024-02/Screenshot%202024-02-13%20153807.png?itok=QdXkPH_i)
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a holistic whole-farm approach to help mitigate the likelihood of pest, weed and disease pressure in a farming system. (Agricology)