ROTHAMSTED SCIENCE STRATEGY 2017-2022

GLOBAL SCIENCE, LASTING BENEFITS

STUDENTSHIPS

ENHANCE YOUR CAREER

IMPACT STORY

WHEAT TO FEED THE WORLD

IMPACT STORY

BALANCING THE TRADE-OFFS FOR BETTER BEEF

NEWS
ARTICLES
EVENTS

Teenage Education Day Credit: Rothamsted Research

TEENAGERS TAKE ON AGRICULTURE

There was a buzz of hands-on excitement and challenging inquiry today as teenagers came face-to-face with worms and cereal fields, insects in a grain silo...and the trade-off tree

12 Sep 2018

Wormscience booklet Credit: @wormscience

GET TO KNOW YOUR WORMS IN 30 MINUTES

Calling all farmers: join the first national survey of earthworms on farmland and discover how they support environmental stewardship and improve crop productivity sustainably.

07 Sep 2018

ONE GIANT LEAP FOR WHEAT

A major international research collaboration has revealed what makes wheat tick, promising discoveries to combat disease and produce higher yields more sustainably in tough conditions.

16 Aug 2018

Ash Dieback Credit: Kevin King, Rothamsted Research

MODEL WAY TO PROTECT TREES

Reducing year-to-year variability in the demand for trees for planting could reduce the import of exotic pests and diseases that can damage local forests and woodlands.

15 Aug 2018

VOX POPS CEREAL CHALLENGE

A popular technique for studying genes from different organisms plus a new carrier to transfer them to plants have yielded a powerful tool for understanding crops better.

13 Aug 2018

SETBACK FOR GENE EDITING

European lawyers have ruled that a crop whose performance has been altered by a modern genome technique must pass the same checks as GM crops that include foreign genes.

25 Jul 2018

rice colombia Credit: Rothamsted Research

SPACE-AGE TECH OFFERS TIMELY CROP DATA RELIEF

Earth observation data from satellites and drones promise support for hard-pressed farmers in Colombia who are seeking to improve the viability of the country’s agriculture.

25 Jul 2018

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CHINA’S "LIVESTOCK REVOLUTION" DEMANDS "NEW TRANSITION"

The huge growth in livestock farming in China, making it the world’s largest producer by the 1990s, had profound consequences for the planet that its scientists are now addressing.

19 Jul 2018

Festival engagement Credit: Rothamsted Research

WOMEN CLIMB SOAPBOX FOR SCIENCE

From a single event in London just nine years ago, Soapbox Science is now an international occasion for women to talk about their science and how they got to where they are today.

28 Jun 2018

Take-all patches in wheat field Credit: Rothamsted Research

FIRST STEP TO LASTING WHEAT HEALTH

Long-term trials at Rothamsted Research have confirmed how the devastating take-all root fungus of cereal crops can be contained by careful choice of the varieties grown.

22 Jun 2018

Global Bioeconomy Summit Credit: Susan Watts/Rothamsted Research

WHEN LESS IS MORE

21 Sep 2018

GM CAMELINA TRIAL: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

21 Feb 2018

PAG XXVI Rise of Genomes Credit: Rothamsted Research

THE RISE OF THE GENOMES

16 Feb 2018

EDITS, MUTATIONS AND GM

31 Jan 2018

TRIALS TO REGAIN INDEPENDENCE

21 Dec 2017

Rothamsted PhD Symposium 2017 credit: Rothamsted Research

WALL-TO-WALL SCIENCE TO SECURE THE FUTURE OF FOOD

21 Nov 2017

Agvocates and mentors at Youth Agricultural Summit in Brussels, October 2017 - Credit: Youth Ag-Summit

HUNGRY TO CHANGE THE WORLD

29 Oct 2017

OPEN MINDS, OPEN DOORS

31 Jul 2017

STILL NOT CLEAR ON BEES

30 Jun 2017

Rothamsted Science Strategy 2017-2022 - credit Rothamsted Research

WHEN THE NEED FOR CHANGE DAWNS

28 Jun 2017

RESISTANCE '19

Organised by Rothamsted Research and hosted at our headquarters in Hertfordshire, UK, the 8th International Meeting on Pesticide Resistance will cover the latest work on resistance to insecticides, fungicides and herbicides.

16 Sep - 18 Sep 2019

ROTHAMSTED FESTIVAL OF IDEAS

The Rothamsted Festival of Ideas brings together activities, exhibitions and demonstrations to immerse you in the science of feeding the world. The event is free and open to all with something for everyone, from young to old.

23 Jun - 24 Jun 2018

Rothamsted Genomics and Bioinformatics - copyright Rothamsted Research

14TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INTEGRATIVE BIOINFORMATICS

In the post-genome era we drown in data but starve for knowledge. Integrative Bioinformatics aims to integrate, align, model and simulate heterogenous data to generate deep insight into complex biological systems.

13 Jun - 15 Jun 2018

THE FUTURE OF LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

2018 marks the 175th anniversary of Rothamsted; our origin dates from the initial plantings in 1843 on Barnfield and Broadbalk fields, the first classical long-term experiments.

21 May - 23 May 2018

THE 23RD BIANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PLANT RESISTANCE TO INSECTS SYMPOSIUM

This conference will explore areas of host plant resistance to insects from major angles; novel phenotyping methodologies for field and laboratory, plant resistance to insects in model and crop systems, resistance mechanisms and breeding for resistance.

07 Mar - 09 Mar 2018

MULTI-SPECIES SWARDS GRAZING WORKSHOP

This aim of the workshop is to bring together farmers, industry representatives, and researchers with an interest in the management of multi-species (herbal) leys to discuss best practice for grazing these pastures with cattle and sheep.

28 Feb 2018

15TH WGIN STAKEHOLDERS' MEETING

Tracking the Wheat Traits of Tomorrow

30 Nov 2017

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY OF INSECT PESTS

Ask Jozsef Vuts, research scientist at Rothamsted, anything about the chemical ecology of insect pests!

26 Oct 2017

DECARBONISING UK AGRICULTURE

2017 Landwards Conference

11 Oct 2017

6TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM)

Healthy soils for sustainable agriculture: the role of SOM

03 Sep - 07 Sep 2017

OUR PURPOSE

"We bring together global science, fresh thinking and innovation for lasting benefits worldwide."

DIRECTOR'S FOREWORD

OUR SCIENCE

LEADING THE WORLD FROM AN ILLUSTRIOUS PAST INTO A DEMANDING FUTURE

OUR IMPACT

PROVIDING SOLUTIONS FOR AGRICULTURE'S CHALLENGES, LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY

ENGAGING WITH US

WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO ACCELERATE NEW THINKING, PRACTICES AND PRODUCTS

OUR Values

"OUR CORE VALUES, AND HOW WE DEFINE THEM, ENDORSE OUR COMMITMENT TO PRODUCTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE."

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

Forging partnerships to address food security, malnutrition, poverty, climate change and the environment.

OUR LOCATIONS

Cutting-edge laboratories, experimental farmland, more than 500 staff of 35 nationalities across four locations in southern England.

Rothamsted Headquarters

Harpenden, Hertfordshire North Wyke, Devon

Brooms Barn, Suffolk Woburn, Bedfordshire