SOILS ARCHIVE
2012
18 April 2012
ADAS scientists have brought together new and topical information to help farmers make correct nitrogen decisions this spring/summer. The full...
14 March 2012
ADAS scientists have brought together new and topical information to help farmers make correct nitrogen decisions this spring/summer. A document...
17 February 2012
The first annual report for SCEPTRE, a major Horticulture LINK project sponsored by Defra, went live on the HDC website...
09 February 2012
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from ADAS and the University of Exeter’s Centre for Rural Policy Research recently held a...
17 January 2012
ADAS has been commissioned to undertake tracing and modelling work to inform the improved management of the sediment problem across...
13 January 2012
New requirements for all 2012 applications of chlorpyrifos insecticides have been announced by a consortium of the three major approval...
2011
12 December 2011
ADAS is involved in a collaborative project investigating the effectiveness of buffer strips at removing sediment and Phosphorus (P) across...
07 December 2011
An ADAS team led by Professor Adrian Collins has been using innovative dual-signature tracer technology to assess the efficacy of...
30 November 2011
ADAS has been commissioned by Natural England to undertake source apportionment work to inform the improved management of the River...
14 November 2011
A team led by Professor Adrian Collins is embarking on a programme to detect the landscape scale efficacy of targeted...
20 October 2011
ADAS has recently aligned with the Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) and South West Water (SWW) to adopt the River Tamar...
21 September 2011
Sustainability Consultant Vanessa Sturman explains why soil is a farmer’s most valuable asset when it comes to growing high quality...
07 September 2011
Results from BASF-funded research have shown that dormancy in black-grass seed samples this autumn is high.
22 August 2011
Adrian Collins, Head of Water Quality Science explains, using nitrate as an example, how modelling can help target management in...
15 June 2011
ADAS is working with several other leading agricultural research and advisory organisations to deliver a series of scientific field experiments...
25 May 2011
Intensive nitrogen applications have been made to land from agriculture for the last 40 years. These loads have created water...
20 April 2011
Organisations representing the agricultural industry in England have launched a joint Greenhouse Gas Action Plan (GHGAP) setting out how the...
14 April 2011
Farming systems and research consultant, Sarah Wynn outlines the Integrated Advice Pilot study funded by Defra.
14 April 2011
ADAS scientists have brought together new and topical information to help farmers make correct nitrogen decisions this spring/summer. A document...
05 April 2011
Susan Twining, Farming Systems Principal Consultant, investigates the most practical measures for farm level greenhouse gas mitigation.
29 March 2011
The deadline to have sufficent slurry stores in place in Welsh NVZ designated areas is the 1st January 2012. Gary...
18 March 2011
ADAS research, sponsored by NEPIC (the North East of England Process Industry Cluster), has shown that wheat growers should apply...
11 March 2011
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18 February 2011
ADAS will be visiting electricity distribution network operators (DNO’s) to give them an update on farming, soils & drainage and...
2010
02 December 2010
Steve Ford explains how ADAS is helping livestock farmers and landowners in NVZ designated areas to ensure that they are...
13 October 2010
ADAS, together with North Wyke Research and Imperial College, were commissioned by Defra and WRAP to develop a strategic management...
08 October 2010
Working with and on behalf of Defra, the Scottish Government and SAC, ADAS has just released the latest version of...
11 August 2010
ADAS and North Wyke Research are leading a four-year research project to assess the role Nitrification Inhibitors (NIs) could play...
21 July 2010
Professor Brian Chambers (ADAS Head of Science - Environment) warns that rapid rollout of anaerobic digestion plants is needed...
29 June 2010
ADAS and VI-CIC are holding a series of agronomist meetings on pesticides and water quality in July 2010.
07 April 2010
ADAS scientists have brought together new and topical information to help farmers make correct nitrogen decisions this Spring/Summer. The full...
24 February 2010
Premier Waste Management, the largest independent waste management company in the North East, commissioned ADAS to produce a briefing paper...
04 February 2010
MANNER is a user friendly software tool that helps farmers and advisors to quantify manure crop available nitrogen (N) supply,...
04 February 2010
ADAS scientists have brought together new and topical information to help farmers make correct nitrogen decisions this Spring. The full...
2009
13 October 2009
With greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from agriculture representing a significant percentage of UK emissions, a new report produced by leading...
06 August 2009
ADAS Environmental Consultants are exploring the most cost-effective methods of managing tramline wheelings in autumn-sown cereal crops to reduce the...
15 July 2009
Britain has successfully obtained a derogation from the EC Nitrates Directive allowing livestock farmers to have a manure nitrogen (N)...
02 March 2009
New rules are in place which relate to the way that farmers need to manage their land, in particular the...
02 March 2009
Research by ADAS is investigating the possibility of applying compost produced from waste subjected to Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) directly...