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Our Associates

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Roger Sylvester-Bradley

Head of Crop Performance at ADAS and honorary professor at the University of Nottingham. Over 50 years of experience in crop productivity and nutrition, with over 250 scientific publications. YEN founder now focused on ‘farm action research,’ he believes it's an exciting time to be a crop scientist and has no plans to retire!

Myrtille Lacoste

Myrtille Lacoste

Farmer-centric Innovation Consultant

Joachim Nachmansohn

Joachim Nachmansohn

Ag Entrepreneur.  Fertilizer, Soil & Water Management Expert

Thomas Oberthuer

Thomas Oberthur

Director at APNI

Keith Walters

Keith Walters

Prof of Integrated Pest Management at Harper Adams University and Immperial College London.

Susannah Bolton

Susannah Bolton

Enterprise and Knowledge Exchange for the Natural Economy

Rob Bramley

Rob Bramley

Specialist in Precision Ag and On-Farm Experimentation.

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JP Dorgan

JP Dorgan

Growth Director & Business Development Professional

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Caleb Niemeyer

Caleb Niemeyer

Agronomist and development lead for Groundwork. Completing PhD at University of Guelph

Kiryon Skippen

Kiryon Skippen

 Strategic management, business development, whole systems approach with Scienti-Ag

Richard Weightman

Richard Weightman

Horticultural Specialist

 

Sarah Cowlrick

Sarah Cowlrick

CEO of AICC - Association of Independent Crop Consultants

Simon cook

Simon Cook

Specialist in farmer-centric digital agriculture

 

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John Sulik

Remote Sensing & Digital Agriculture at the University of Guelph

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Oli Sylvester-Bradley

Marketing for Sustainability.

Founder of the Open Coop

Andre Colaco

André Colaço

Assistant Prof in Biosystems Engineering at University of São Paulo.

Andy-Barker

Andy Barker

Research Scientist at  Barworth Agriculture

Laila Puntel

Laila Puntel

Computational Agronomy Science lead at Syngenta 

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Simon Oxley

Agricultural Data Scientist
Matthew McNee

Matthew McNee

Food Systems Agronomist

David Purdy

David Purdy

Soi Health Specialist

Martin Collison

Martin Collison

Agri-food Consultant at Collison Associates

Ange Huckle

Angela Huckle

Lead R&D Agronomist with Deben Agronomy

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Chris Manley

Consultant at Traction Ltd helping major food processors and retailers strengthen their agricultural supply chains by leading complex sustainability projects. 

Ben Martin

Ben Martin

Thrive in Farming - Environment-led farm management solutions. Consultancy, project management, partnerships, recruitment and retention, mentoring.

Tim Meehan

Tim Meehan

Innovation Grant specialist Horizon Scitech

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Julia Cooper

Independent Researcher with Organic Research Centre and ADAS.

Clive Blacker

Clive Blacker

Precision Agriculture Innovator and Ag-tech R&D Specialist at Agri-vation and AgAnalyst

Will Baldwin

Will Baldwin

Director at Envirofield Ltd - providing crop research services and soil measurement.

Will Oliver

Will Oliver

AHDB Strategic Farm Midlands, Agronomist and consultant

Associated Networks

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British On-Farm Innovation Network

YEN-4

Yield Enhancement Network

SFN

Bringing together UK farm demo networks

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Farmer Led Innovation Network

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Agri-techE

Where Innovation meets real world challenges

GOFEN

GOFEN

Global On-Farm Experimentation Network

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The Farming Forum

largest English language agricultural forum with over 70,000 members

BASE-UK

Farmer-led knowledge exchange network for regenerative agriculture

AICC

Association of Independent Crop Consultants

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Ohio State University

 

Direct Driller

Sharing knowledge of what works on-farm.

Associated Organisations

ADAS

Home of the YENs, FarmPEP and Agronomics

Data Farming4

Home of the ARC Farm Trials Tool

AICC

Association of Independent Crop Consultants

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Innovation for Agriculture

From a consortium of Agricultural Societies  
Assimila

Making Sense of Earth Observation

Stats4Biol

Stats4Biol

Independent statistics from Sue Welham
APNI

African Plant Nutrition Institute

Developing OFE 2.0

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Simple useful software to help monitor, record and share activities & nmeasures on-farm.

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Supporting commercialisation of products through on-farm trials
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Lifting farm value opportunities through connecting disconnected sectors with optimal knowledge sharing models.

Founded by Kiryon Skippen

Deben Agronomy

Agronomy and research services for veg crops

 

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Catalyst Farming is four farms collaborating together, with research & commercial partners, to test, discuss, choose & use best practice.
Dyson Farming Research

Research events and advice for growers

 

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Food from thought.

Field crop research services

Cambridge Eco Ltd

Environmental research consultancy

Related Networks

ORC

ORC Participatory Research Network

Innovative Farmers

Innovative Farmers

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Organisations in On-Farm Research

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GWCT Allerton Project

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Centre for Effective Innovation in Agriculture

CCRI

Cornell

International

Nebraska

Nebraska On-Farm Research Network

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Ohio State University

   
SARE

Farmer driven research across Mid-West US 

Iowa Soybean Association

Iowa Soybean Association

Practical Farmers of Iowa

Practical Farmers of Iowa

DIFM

Data Intensive Farm Management 

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from Cornell University

 

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