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Calling on farmers and field managers: join the Plant Teams Field Lab

Calling on farmers and field managers: join the Plant Teams Field Lab

13 Sep 2018

Baling wheat and bean plant team (c) James Hutton Institute
"The aim of the Plant Teams Field Lab is to harness the potential of crop species mixtures to improve Scottish yield stability, soil fertility, reduce pest and disease damage, and increase resilience to climate stress"
Baling wheat and bean plant team (c) James Hutton Institute

The James Hutton Institute is teaming with Soil Association Scotland and Scotland's Rural College to work with farmers in a Field Lab to trial crop mixtures or ‘plant teams’. Field Labs are free to attend and open to all land managers, whether organic or not. They allow farmers to test out innovative real-life solutions to practical challenges, with input from experts.

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute