I will be at #Groundswell next Wed 1 July, probably on @adasgroup.bsky.social ADAS stand (D34) or the #biodiversitybimble Let me know if you want to discuss novel approachs for IPM & how we can help good decision making on farm @greennudgeproject.bsky.social
Mark Ramsden
@ipmmark.bsky.social
I'm an Entomologist and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) enthusiast working at ADAS in the UK. Interested in the science of crop protection and the philosophy of IPM. All views my own.
Pollen beetle migration has begun! Today was the first day the #ipmdecisions platform shows likely pollen beetle migration in the UK, and here they are enjoying daffodil pollen in Cambridgeshire platform.ipmdecisions.net
Interested in how we can work with #farmers, #foresters, and their advisors to co-develop change toward sustainable practices? 🗓 Save the date! Join our 2nd Green Nudge Conference Brussels 21 May 2026! Pre-register here greennudge.eu @greennudgeproject.bsky.social @horizoneu.bsky.social
Forest Agri – Green Nudge
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Are you interested in how we can work with farmers, foresters, and their advisors to co-develop meaningful interventions towards sustainable practices? 🗓 Save the date to join us for our 2nd Green Nudge Conference in Brussels 21 May 2026! Pre-register here greennudge.eu
Forest Agri – Green Nudge
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Will you attend our lunch time #webinar this month? Andy Gregory & Jon Storkey from @rothamsted.bsky.social will be talking about the Broadbalk experiment #LTE that began in 1843. Register: bit.ly/ECTWebinarsE... @rothamsted-lte.bsky.social #Agriculture #Fertilisers #Sustainability 🌏
#CallForAbstracts Deadline next week! Submit your abstracts soon for a chance to share your research and present at the #BehaviourSIG in February 🔽 buff.ly/KrjZwc8 📅 Deadline for abstract submissions: 16 December @rothamsted.bsky.social @ipmmark.bsky.social @basf.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social
Emerging themes: Novel techniques in insect behaviour studies
Join the RES Behaviour SIG on Tuesday 10 February 2026 in Birmingham for a day of talks on insect behaviour research.
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IPM Decisions Platform: a European wide digital platform for pest forecasting Get in touch if you have pest forecast models you'd like to see in the hands of farmers and advisors www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdFM...
IPM Decisions Platform: a European wide digital platform for pest forecasting
YouTube video by IPM Decisions
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AHDB launch new collaborative research to level-up Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle (CSFB) control - evaluate novel approaches - improve guidance - fine-tune understanding of CSFB development - generate data on natural enemies - prime innovation in CSFB management. ahdb.org.uk/news/new-col...
New collaborative research to level-up CSFB control | AHDB
A major new project will take cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) management in winter oilseed rape (OSR) to the next level, thanks to a collaborative AHDB research project.
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This is a cool paper! Global selection on insect antipredator coloration | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Global selection on insect antipredator coloration
Natural selection has repeatedly led to the evolution of two alternative antipredator color strategies—camouflage to avoid detection and aposematism to advertise unprofitability—but we lack understand...
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If you work in #forestry, please use these links: Foresters: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run... Foresters advisors: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run... Forestry products consumers: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Questionnaire for Foresters
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💚Help us understand how we can make better decisions in agriculture! 💚@greennudgeproject.bsky.social short survey to understand what drives sustainable choices? 🔗Farmers: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run... 🔗Farmers advisors: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run... 🔗Everyone else: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
OPER8 have launched their E-Learning alternative weed management module www.oper-8.eu/knowledge-ba... This E-learning module is designed to inform farmers, advisors, and policy makers about alternative weed management. @adasgroup.bsky.social
E-learning
E-learning module Learn more about alternative weed control solutions in our E-learning module This E-learning module is designed to inform farmers, advisors, and policy makers about alternative we...
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IPMNET Bulletin September 2025 farmpep.net/sites/defaul... - TSUM model on IPM Decisions forecasts similar risk of secondary spread of BYDV to this time last year All news in the bulletin, now available on #FarmPEP @adasgroup.bsky.social
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Great to see another piece of #IPMDecisions work out now as a Preprint: "Developing a generic DSS model metadata catalogue and APIs for crop protection." www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.31220... @adasgroup.bsky.social #modelling #DSS #IPM #API @horizoneu.bsky.social
Developing a generic DSS model metadata catalogue and APIs for crop protection. | agriRxiv
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This weeks & all IPMNET Bulletin on FarmPEP farmpep.net/resource/ipm... Late blight, cutworm, carrot fly, pea moth, and cercospora leaf spot all worth checking (list is not complete!) 📣Are you doing something different? Share you Novel Approaches for reducing pesticide use and risk!
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💚Help us understand how we can make better decisions in agriculture! 💚@greennudgeproject.bsky.social short survey to understand what drives sustainable choices? 🔗Farmers: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run... 🔗Farmers advisors: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run... 🔗Everyone else: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Duncan Coston @adasgroup.bsky.social talks us through trials of Barley yellow dwarf virus #BYDV in winter wheat, looking at novel approaches to manage this important pest on the AHDB Strategic Farm East 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIXa... #IPM
Strategic Cereal Farm East BYDV trial update harvest 2024 with Duncan Coston | AHDB
YouTube video by AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds
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🚨today is last day to register for this Workshop on Wednesday! join to discuss novel approaches for sustainable pest management, focused on the role of peer to peer learning among farmers and advisors.
📢 IPM Online Workshop Insights for improving pest management with reduced inputs. 📅 Wed 16 July 2025 ⏰ 09:00 - 12:00 (UK time) 🧠 Interactive Quiz & Discussion 🔧 Peer-to-Peer Learning Tools 📊 IPM Project Results & Key Resources Register by 14 July us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📢 IPM Online Workshop Insights for improving pest management with reduced inputs. 📅 Wed 16 July 2025 ⏰ 09:00 - 12:00 (UK time) 🧠 Interactive Quiz & Discussion 🔧 Peer-to-Peer Learning Tools 📊 IPM Project Results & Key Resources Register by 14 July us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Key results and peer-to-peer learning tools for sustainable pest management. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meet...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Key results and peer-to-peer learning tools for sustainable pest management. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meet...
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📢 IPM Online Workshop Insights for improving pest management with reduced inputs. 📅 Wed 16 July 2025 ⏰ 09:00 - 12:00 (UK time) 🧠 Interactive Quiz & Discussion 🔧 Peer-to-Peer Learning Tools 📊 IPM Project Results & Key Resources Register by 14 July us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Key results and peer-to-peer learning tools for sustainable pest management. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meet...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Key results and peer-to-peer learning tools for sustainable pest management. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meet...
us02web.zoom.us
Vivid Small emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia) larvae spotted in #Cambridgeshire today. www.inaturalist.org/taxa/59346-S...
Want to know more about IPM Science and Practice? Check out this video series! From theory to practical application 😀 youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Integrated Pest Management: Science & Practice - a video series about disease control in cereal crops - YouTube
This video series offers a detailed overview of disease control methods in cereal crops using Integrated Pest Management techniques. This series is funded by...
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14 spot ladybirds were busy over the bank holiday weekend. Propylea quattuordecimpunctata, More here: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61532-P...
💚 Green Nudge Conference today! ⌚ Start Time: 9:00 AM CET 🚨live web stream link: live.eesc.europa.eu/play/?id=658 🧾 agenda here: greennudge.eu/green-nudges...
EESC Live Streaming HLS - beta
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📢IPMNET Bulletins - in season From @IpmDecisions 🟢#septoria infection low risk 🔴#Cabbagerootfly egg laying begun 🟠#Carrotfly and #saddlegallmidge emergence at 50% Keep checking current risk at your locations: platform.ipmdecisions.net
IPMDecisionsPlatform
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IPMWorks: Using Decision Support Systems to improve canopy disease management in arable crops in Sweden ipmworks.net/toolbox/en/#... The DSS was shown to support good decision making on farm in Sweden