Jonathan Blake
@AdasBlake
ADAS technical director of crop protection based at Rosemaund Herefordshire, + farmer in Lincs. views expressed are my own.
We are hiring! - A great opportunity for to start or progress your career as a crop pathologist with ADAS, (Please forward / repost) Crop Pathology Consultant/Senior Consultant Post would be office based at ADAS Rosemaund, near Hereford g.co/kgs/rBXxhbk
Lots to see at the @ADASGroup open day with @AHDB_Cereals tomorrow (17th) at Garnstone Farm, HR4 8PZ, 12 till 3. Note there is a road closure on the Hereford Road between Herefordshire Golf Club and Weobley. Access via A4110 Canon Pyon. @AdasBlake @lynntatnell1
Significant gouting of primary and secondary tillers in Oct sown wheats in Herefordshire this year, the period of risk seems to get later each year.
@arableadvisor, AICC president Patrick Stephenson, speaking all things barley fungicides at #AICC25 along with the expert panel of @AdasBlake Jonathan Blake, @niabgroup Dr Aoife O'Driscoll and AICCs own Marion Self from @Prime_Ag06 #independent #AICC
⚠️ First case of glyphosate resistant Italian ryegrass confirmed in the UK 🌿 ADAS scientists @weedwiseuk have identified a single field population of #ItalianRyegrass (Lolium multiflorum) in Kent resistant to glyphosate at the field label rate ⬇️ adas.co.uk/news/first-cas…
"It worked last year so I'll do it again this year"❌- a big mistake when it comes to crop disease control says @AdasBlake Hear independent research @AHDB_Cereals #Agronomy conference Weds 11 Dec, & learn how to adapt to what's happening in the field 🌾🌾ahdb.org.uk/events/agronom…
Have you registered for the online @AHDB_Cereals Agronomy Conference Weds 11 December? 💻 @AdasBlake will review the 2024 growing season - 'a biblical year' for crop disease - & share how different #fungicides performed under the pressure 🌾🔍 Join us @ ahdb.org.uk/events/agronom…
2025-6 student placements now being advertised at ADAS! Placements have played a key role in my career so far, giving lots of experience in different settings and learning new things, so I highly recommend, and there's plenty to get involved with at ADAS🌱 adas.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/36…
To all budding applied entomologists, there's a vacancy at ADAS (which is a very good place to work) - adas.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/36…
Had an amazing time @BS_PP conference last week, thank you for the opportunity to present @DefraSurvey in the @AABiologists Surveillance themed session 🌱 >50y of WW data and >40y WOSR data now freely available online pestanddiseasesurvey.co.uk/platform
Isabelle Sims @IsabelleSimsPhD @ADASGroup introduces the @DefraGovUK Survey of Crop Pest and Diseases. Data from Winter Wheat and OSR from past 20 yrs is publically available for farmers, growers, researchers..... #PPATH24 pestanddiseasesurvey.co.uk
Don’t you hate it when someone spoils the ending of a good book!
Loose smut request - any offers?
We’re looking to source a small quantity (~10kg) of winter barley seed known to be infected with either loose smut or leaf stripe and would be grateful to anybody who might be able to help? @AdasBlake @ChloeMo95 @ADASGroup
We’re looking to source a small quantity (~10kg) of winter barley seed known to be infected with either loose smut or leaf stripe and would be grateful to anybody who might be able to help? @AdasBlake @ChloeMo95 @ADASGroup
Thanks for your hard work for #NIAB over the last 13 or so years @WeedSciJohn and good luck for the future. Here's a couple of photos from this year's events to remember us by!
Well it's actually happening. After 13+ years at NIAB I'm leaving at the end of the week to join my new @weedwiseuk colleagues at ADAS. Wanted to thank my erstwhile @niabgroup colleagues who I've so enjoyed working alongside.
Out in your wheat or barley this weekend? Don't forget to take a piece of A4 paper and complete this form to get a free report on your IPM docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… Crop pathologist Ella Bradfield walks us through an assessment here: youtu.be/vM9_7ihaF0w @ADASGroup
Interested in finding out how effective your #IPM approach is at suppressing pests and disease this season? 🌱 Send us your cereal crop in-field assessments at GS73-75. You’ll receive a free pest and disease benchmarking report on your field. @ADASGroup farmpep.net/resource/ipm-n…
What a success! ⭐️ Our @ADASRosemaund open day has been huge hit 🥳 A massive thank you to all those who attended and to @AHDB_Cereals for their support❤️
Brilliant day covering disease control at our @ADASGroup @AHDB_Cereals open day. Great to see so many people, lots of interesting discussion. Thanks to our @ADASRosemaund field team, all our presenters and everyone who attended!
The good weather I ordered looks to have arrived!
The weather is looking promising tomorrow for our Open Day in #Hereford with @AHDB_Cereals ⛅🌾 Come along to chat crops & cultivations with our experts while enjoying a lunchtime hog roast! 🍖 Free to register ➡️ ahdb.org.uk/events/adas-an…
Worried about herbicides choice on cover crops? Options on demo tomorrow as one of many topics at the ADAS / AHDB open day at Burley Gate Hereford - hope to see you there. AHDB.org.uk/events @ADASGroup @ChloeMo95 @lynntatnell1