The next seminar is on the 7th April at 2pm – "Crop management to minimise lodging risk of spring barley" by Dr Pete Berry, ADAS and introduced by George Lawrie, IBH/Hutton/Scottish Agronomy. The link to register for the above seminar is: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/304837195257 Please note when joining that the event will be recorded and shared afterwards. Dr Pete Berry Head of Crop Physiology at ADAS. UK Pete is a Crop Physiologist who has worked at ADAS for 18 years and leads the ADAS Crop Physiology team. He is based at ADAS High Mowthorpe in North Yorkshire. Prior to this he worked as a post-doctoral researcher in crop science at Nottingham University. The main aim of his work is to improve performance and reduce pollution of cropping systems through an understanding of crop physiology, plant breeding and agronomy. His goal is to produce sound practical advice for the farming industry which is based on rigorous and high quality research (he has authored 45 peer reviewed research papers). His projects engage with a wide range of audiences including farmers, agronomists, policy makers and scientists. Important areas of his research include; increasing crop yields sustainably, optimising nitrogen nutrition of crops, exploitation of precision farming technologies, lodging control & plant growth regulation and development of reliable pest thresholds. He works on a wide range of crops including all cereals, oilseed rape and grassland in the UK and overseas (USA, Ireland, China, Mexico).