Allerton Project Research Blog

We are experiencing an exceptional heatwave. Drought conditions are having severe impacts on arable crop yields and the forage available for livestock.  

Numerous options within agri-environment schemes provide an opportunity to encourage pollinating insects on farmland by creating diverse flower-rich areas where bees and other insects can forage. 

Richard Barnes of Kings Crops provides an update on the long-term work being conducted with our team at the Allerton Project.

Allerton Project Head of Research Prof. Chris Stoate takes a deeper look at some of the environmental benefits buffer strips can deliver.

A dozen farmers recently met at Loddington as part of our Soil Biology and Soil Health project with AHDB, led by Elizabeth Stockdale at NIAB.

Chris Stoate provides an update on our research looking at the agricultural benefits of cover crops.

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.

We respond to a recent article on the decline in farmland bird numbers by highlighting the positive action taken by individual farmers.

SOME 30 arable and livestock farmers learnt about ways of embracing agroforestry at the Trees on Farm event at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT) Allerton Project, our research farm at Loddington in Leicestershire.

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.