Blogs
19/3/2018 in: GWCT News Blog under: Allerton Project , Farming
GWCT soil scientist Felicity Crotty congratulates the government for highlighting the importance of healthy soil, both for agriculture and the environment.
19/3/2018 in: Allerton Project Research Blog under: Farming , Allerton Project
Chris Stoate provides an update on our research looking at the agricultural benefits of cover crops.
7/12/2017 in: Allerton Project Research Blog under: Allerton Project , Farming
The Allerton Project has a played a major role in Defra's Sustainable Intensification research Platform (SIP) over the past three years as one of the five research and demonstration farms in the SIP network. The wider SIP consortium has involved around thirty partners, and last week, most attended a three day conference to present results, share lessons learnt, and discuss options for the future.
30/11/2017 in: Allerton Project Research Blog under: Allerton Project , Farming
We respond to a recent article on the decline in farmland bird numbers by highlighting the positive action taken by individual farmers.
23/11/2017 in: Allerton Project Research Blog under: Allerton Project , Grey partridge
Last week saw the fourth meeting of an international collaboration working to improve farmland biodiversity across Europe. The GWCT is leading the North Sea Interreg PARTRIDGE project, a collaboration of partners from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK.
27/10/2017 in: Farmland Ecology Blog under: Allerton Project , Farming , Farmland Ecology
A recent paper on insect declines on nature reserves in Germany attracted a surprising amount of media attention last week. But then bad news always gets the limelight. Should we be worried? And is it good for farmers to have fewer pesky creatures around?
5/9/2017 in: Allerton Project Research Blog under: Allerton Project
By Prof. Chris Stoate, Allerton Project Head of Research, looks at the Welland Valley Partnership, which was one of the first to be set up under Defra's Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) initiative in 2013.
25/7/2017 in: Allerton Project Research Blog under: Allerton Project
The wildlife present in any given landscape is determined by the characteristics of that landscape, but what are the characteristics that are most influential, especially for farmland species where the conflict between profitable food production and wildife conservation has played out most forcefully over the past half century or so?
30/6/2017 in: GWCT News Blog under: Allerton Project
Members of the GWCT team from Fordingbridge HQ thoroughly enjoyed their visit to Loddington farm to celebrate 25 years of the outstanding Allerton Project on Wednesday 28th June.
21/6/2017 in: Loddington Estate Blog under: Allerton Project , Events
Head of Research Chris Stoate takes a look back at the first 25 years of the Allerton Project.
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