LEAF Farmers Integrate AHDB Resources into IPM Strategies as part of an IFM approach Lucy Bates Technical Manager lucy.bates@leafuk.org
As the new normal of integrating
Just a few examples of where the LEAF Demonstration Farms (LDF) value the input from AHDB can be found in the LEAF video library. Under the remit of Prevent, our newest LDF, agronomist James Loder
a broad range of strategies into
Symonds of Nonington Farms in Kent
crop health and protection routines
talks about combining variety selection
really gets going, LEAF brings to the table the experience of farmers
using the AHDB Recommended Lists with cultural strategies and precision nutrition supported by RB209 for healthy
who have been trading on IPM
establishment and disease prevention in
as an integral part of Integrated
cereals and oilseeds at our IPM in Arable
Farm Management (IFM) for years, and in many cases decades. The research and resources provided by AHDB continue to support LEAF
Virtual Field Day last summer. Looking towards the Detect aspect of IPM, Dawn Teverson shares insights from the AHDB Pest Bulletin at our IPM in Field Veg Virtual Field Day, alongside LEAF Marque
farmers in continuous improvement
growers Riviera Produce in Cornwall and
and implementation of evolving
LDF Simon Day in Suffolk. The value of this
best practice across the wide range
provision to growers I speak to across the LEAF Network is widely acknowledged,
of farm sizes and sectors that they
sometimes described as ‘having another
represent.
pair of eyes in the team’.
