The British On-Farm Innovation Network (BOFIN)
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WHO ARE WE?
Welcome to BOFIN
BOFIN was founded in September 2020. We currently have over 3400 members, a large percentage of whom are farmers who carry out their own on-farm trials and share their results, seeking scientifically robust ways to progress their farm practice. The rest of the membership are scientists who carry out this work, innovators, knowledge exchange managers and citizen scientists. Find out more about us here.
How you can get involved:
Gene-Edited Crops
Find out more about the PROBITY Project: A Platform to Rate Organisms Bred for Improved Traits & Yield.
Slugs
Find out more about the SLIMERS Project: Strategies Leading to Improved Management & Enhanced Resilience against Slugs.
Pulses
Find out more about the NCS Project: Nitrogen Efficient Plants for Climate Smart Arable Cropping Systems.
Soil
Find out more about the TRUTH project: Thriving Roots Underpinning Total soil Health.
NEWS & EVENTS
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SLIMERS
Farmers to train robots to spot slugs
Farmers are being called on to help train robots to spot slugs and the damage they cause to arable crops. The ground-breaking trial, set to start in t…
HWSC
Join the quest for weed seed solutions
Will Smith, research agronomist at NIAB will talk through how to sample crops, the help provided to Seed Scouts and how the trials will be run with th…
BOFIN
New farmer-led group champions insecticide-free wheat
Wheat growers who want to leave behind the use of insecticides on their crop are invited to join a new farmer-led group that will develop the tools an…