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22 December  Investment in cereal genomics to breed better varieties - Farming UK
  Sugar beet agronomy challenges the best - Farmers Weekly
9 December  2012 Summer Bursaries
  Grain aphid insecticide resistance found - Farmers Weekly
8 December  Virus threat to cereal crops - Farmers Guardian
6 December  Project aims for 20t/ha wheat yield by 2032 - Farmers Weekly
  Royal British Legion stalwart dies - St Albans and Harpenden Review
  The future of food - magazine article - Cosmos
25 November  Research to identify cause of light leaf spot resistance, Helen Carter - Farmers Guardian
  Rothamsted’s statement of intent - National Farmers Union
24 November  New strategy focuses on sustainable productivity - Farmers Guardian
21 November  David Stewart Jenkinson FRS: 25th February 1928–16th February 2011 - Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  Prof Martin Parry is Editor in Chief of the Association of Applied Biologists new Wiley Open Access Journal on Food and Energy Security
18 November    AudioIn Search of Lost Bees: Radar Entomology at Rothamsted Research - PodAcademy
16 November  Rothamsted's collaborative work at North Wyke - The benefits of using digestate and compost
9 November  Dr Laura Cardenas, from North Wyke, presents the latest findings on carbon mitigation on farms.
4 November  Helen Carter wins first prize for the best postgraduate student poster at CropWorld Global 2011
3 November  Prof Martin Parry highlights the need for more productive wheat growing through hybrids and appropriate use of “green genetic engineering”, at the Bayer CropScience Cereals Future Forum.
27 October  Technology may help in early detection of pests - Farmers Weekly
24 October  Rothamsted Research has two of the 'Five top research projects that could change arable farmer's lives' - Farmers Weekly
19 October  Molecular Characterization of Rht-1 Dwarfing Genes in Hexaploid Wheat - Plant Physiology
18 October  Ragweed: the green hay-fever machine - The Independent
16 October    AudioPlant Pests and Plant Pathology podcast with John Pickett. Item starts at 44m 55s. - The Naked Scientists
1 October  EU Project: Atopic diseases in changing climate, land use and air quality
21 September    AudioBelinda Townsend on some of the more unusual uses for sugar beet. Item starts at 4m 49s. - BBC Radio 4: Farming today
19 September    AudioRothamsted Director Maurice Moloney on the approval of the GM wheat trial. Item starts at 1h 40m 49s. - BBC Three Counties Radio
  Rothamsted Research granted approval to undertake scientific research of GM wheat
13 September  Growers urged to check oilseed rape for phoma - Farmers Weekly
18 August  Revisiting Climate and the Food Supply - New York Times
31 July  Rothamsted Scientist Mark Taylor speaks to the Sunday Telegraph about 'Greenfly' - The Telegraph
29 July    AudioDavid Brooks on beetles eating weed seeds Item starts at 1h 10m 30s. - BBC Three Counties Radio
6 July  Editor’s Choice: Harnessing ecosystem services to enhance agricultural sustainability - Journal of Applied Ecology
5 July  Greenfly swarms torment farmers, shoppers - and tennis stars - Channel 4 News
    AudioRichard Harrington on the current aphid season and implications for agriculture/crops. Item starts at 1h 24m. - BBC Three Counties Radio
29 June  G20 endorses international wheat improvement effort to improve food security - BBSRC
24 June    AudioHuw Jones with Charlotte Smith in response to GM wheat ACRE application - BBC Radio 4: Farming today
22 June    VideoJohnathan Storkey talks about biodiversity in the farm landscape on “The Wonder of Weeds”. Item starts at 42m 4s. - BBC4
21 June    AudioRothamsted Research - BBC Radio 4: Britain's Labs
6 June  Tackling agriculture’s greenhouse-gas emissions - Global Food Security
15 May    AudioRichard Gutteridge on take-all diseases - BBC Lincolnshire
22 April  Trap crops could protect OSR from pollen beetle - Farmers Weekly
7 April    VideoCrop researchers seek to boost yields - Bloomberg TV
30 March  GM crops to be grown in Britain - The Telegraph
27 March  Acclaimed Harpenden scientist dies - Herts Advertiser
24 March  Cold winter delays peach-potato aphid in potatoes - Rothamsted Insect Survey - Farmers Weekly
18 March    AudioRothamsted Director Maurice Moloney on how science can contribute to Food Security. Items starts at 2h 4m 13s. - BBC Three Counties Radio
12 March  Finding a sticky solution - Farmers Weekly
24 February  The 9 billion-people question - A special report on feeding the world - The Economist
18 February    AudioAndy Whitmore on The Other One Show talking about fertilizers and the environment - BBC Three Counties Radio
15 February  Broom's Barn forms part of a study tour for young sugar beet growers - Farmers Weekly
8 February  Rothamsted scientists, Jonathan Storkey, Stephen Moss, and John Cussans, have won an Outstanding Paper Award for their paper in Weed Science: “Using Assembly Theory to Explain Changes in a Weed Flora in Response to Agriculture Intensification.” - Weed Science Society of America
27 January  Scientists seek to assess nanomaterial risks - The Engineer
26 January    AudioNigel Halford on acrylamide in potatoes. Item starts at 1h 37m 27s. - BBC Three Counties Radio
25 January  Harpenden scientist’s research into spuds - Herts Advertiser
20 January  Transatlantic partners to analyse environment and health risks of manufactured nanomaterials - Natural Environment Research Council
7 January  Statistical analysis can estimate crop performance - First Science