The industry-leading carbon measurement project with a pair of flux towers in fields of beet and cereals at Morley is well underway. In this update, BBRO’s Dr Georgina Barrett shares her observations from the first set of results and describes what’s happening – and ahead – in 2025.
Recently, As part of the recent Agri-Tech Week, we welcomed an inquisitive group of farmers, trustees and researchers, to see, amongst other things, what the Morley SAMS (Soil and Agronomic Monitoring Study) is showing so far.
When Morley SAMS (Soil and Agronomy Monitoring Study) began in 2018, the goal was to conduct detailed, repeatable soil and crop monitoring over a long period, but we are already seeing intriguing findings, which we will be sharing on 5th November 2024, during Agri-Tech Week
The record 200 visitors welcomed to this year’s Morley Innovation Day started to hear what’s to learn from the research we host as they drove down the track to the gathering. The route was lined with signs explaining our key themes and collaborators. And that was just the start…
Researcher Louisa Moor feels lucky to be endeavouring on a 4-year PhD project supported by TMAF. In her first report to us about her work ‘Not all Soil Carbon is Equal’ she reveals why tiny soil creatures are so fascinating.
The first set of results are in from flux towers installed in neighbouring Morley fields to measure carbon emissions from – and uptake into – sugar beet.
TMAF-supported PhD student Anisa Blower reports her second year of research at NIAB and the University of Nottingham.
Morley Farm’s role as the new AHDB strategic for the East of the UK has begun. Get a sense of what we are a part of and catch up on what other strategic farms have achieved already by joining regular lunchtime webinars this November.
The next of the PhD students we support to report on her study is Abi Brock. She has long held an interest in plants, and what makes them work, and now is focussed on helping crop plants to work even harder with less added fertiliser than ever before.
TMAF is currently supporting several PhD students. Ian Tsang reports on what he is doing and why and what drew him to be interested in the root hairs of wheat.
