Mark Ramsden

Agro-Ecologist and Entomologist working at ADAS. All views my own.

[Mark Ramsden @mwramsden]

Pollen beetle migration has begun!

Today was the first day the #ipmdecisions platform shows likely pollen beetle migration in the UK, and here they are enjoying daffodil pollen in Cambridgeshire

https://t.co/OQJayY4KRB

[Mark Ramsden @mwramsden]

Interested in how we can work with #farmers, #foresters, and their advisors to co-develop change toward sustainable practices?

🗓 Save the date! Join our 2nd Green Nudge Conference
Brussels 21 May 2026!

Pre-register here
https://t.co/uMhjPWCt3f

[Mark Ramsden @mwramsden]

You can find all IPMnet Bulletins on FarmPEP here: https://t.co/YowAOOz0FL

[pgro @pgroresearch]

PGRO will launch its 2026 Descriptive List for peas and beans in an online webinar at 10.30am on 27 November and is open to anyone from the industry.

Register your attendance now at https://t.co/p3ZB4TFgYI

[NUTRI-CHECK NET @NUTRICHECKNET]

GET TO KNOW OUR SPEAKERS! 🌿
We’re excited to welcome Prof. Nikos Georgantzis from the Burgundy School of Business (France), representing the EU-funded project ForestAgriGreenNudge, to the NUTRI-CHECK NET Final Conference.

👉 Register now: https://t.co/9AJom2S3BE

[Mark Ramsden @mwramsden]

IPM Decisions Platform: a European wide digital platform for pest forecasting

Get in touch if you have pest forecast models you'd like to see in the hands of farmers and advisors

https://t.co/f6UvZXb6gd

[Mark Ramsden @mwramsden]

Great to see another part of @IpmDecisions out now: Developing a generic DSS model metadata catalogue and APIs for crop protection.

#IPM #DSS #Models #API

https://t.co/wQGfNceGs0

[Mark Ramsden @mwramsden]

Interested in #BYDV? We are holding an agronomy focused 2-day meeting, focusing on BYDV management alongside the @AHDB_Cereals Strategic Farm East open day, 19/20 May 2025.

If you are interested in joining, let me know!

[Mark Ramsden @mwramsden]

📢IPMNET Bulletins - in season
From @IpmDecisions
🟢#septoria infection low risk
🔴egg laying begun for #Carrotfly #saddlegallmidge #cabbagerootfly
https://t.co/7R5CUhUpBe

@ADASGroup
@AHDB_Cereals

[Mark Ramsden @mwramsden]

📢IPMNET Bulletins - in season
From @IpmDecisions
🟢#septoria infection low risk
🔴#Cabbagerootfly egg laying begun
🟠#Carrotfly and #saddlegallmidge emergence at 50% Keep checking current risk at your locations:
https://t.co/7R5CUhUpBe

@ADASGroup
@AHDB_Cereals

[Mark Ramsden @mwramsden]

Yellow haired sun fly _Myathropa florea_ in the Cambridgeshire yesterday,
Beautiful hoverfly 😀. Quite a large species, so easy to see that the eyes don't touch at top of head = female
#insects @RoyEntSoc

[Mark Ramsden @mwramsden]

@H2020IPMWorks : Using Decision Support Systems to improve canopy disease management in arable crops in Sweden
https://t.co/zmQkvu0WXi
The DSS was shown to support good decision making on farm in Sweden

[Mark Ramsden @mwramsden]

📢IPMNET Bulletins - in season
From @IpmDecisions:
🟢#septoria infection low risk
🔴#Saddlegallmidge emergence
🔴#Cabbagerootfly egg laying
🟠#Carrotfly emergence
Keep checking current risk at your locations: https://t.co/7R5CUhUpBe
@ADASGroup
@AHDB_Cereals

[IPMWORKS @H2020IPMWorks]

🌾🚜 New Video Alert!

Discover how Danish farmer Peter and arable plant consultant Kasper Holm Kristensen tackle the challenge of Italian ryegrass using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies. 🌱👨‍🌾

🎥 Watch Now: https://t.co/Sn74QemYaa

#IPMWORKS #SustainableFarming

[Georgie Bray @georgiewildbray]

What a day, sharing the goings on at @RSPBHopeFarm with a fantastic group of people. Helpful, inspiring, and uplifting all wrapped up into one day

As ever when you stick a fab group in a field, lots of lessons were learnt to take take on the next 25 years

Thanks all!

[LEAF @LEAF_Farming]

📢 Calling all farmers!

@OpenFarmSunday returns on 8 June 2025 – and YOU can be part of it! Open your gates, share your story, and show how you farm with nature.

👉Sign up here: https://t.co/ay7QOMZHSy
@AnnabelOFS

[Mark Ramsden @mwramsden]

@nasa

[CPM Magazine @cpm_magazine]

CPM feature: Trials results highlight the role that newer varieties could play in mitigating potato cyst nematode damage. We headed to @Hutchinsons_Ag potato day at Worth Farms in Holbeach to reveal more.
🔎: https://t.co/CQDDOhlKLo

[Mark Ramsden @mwramsden]

In this @H2020IPMWorks video we look at different control measures for Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) which can be used in both winter and spring barley. #IPM #BYDV
https://t.co/906kt7MMQA

[Mark Ramsden @mwramsden]

@H2020IPMWorks In-field comparisons of IPM approaches
19 IPM Case Studies available on the IPMWORKS Resource Toolbox https://t.co/8Qu3SMjPnL.
Find links to them all on FarmPEP
https://t.co/m1uFw9uP37

[Mark Ramsden @mwramsden]

📢IPMNET Bulletins - in season
From forecasts on @IpmDecisions:
🟢Risk of #septoria remains low in most of UK
🔴#Yellowrust is about
🟡 Several insects are starting to emerge
Keep checking current risk at your locations: https://t.co/7R5CUhUpBe
@ADASGroup
@AHDB_Cereals