Debbie Sparkes

@shetty_athreya @UoNBiosciences Congratulations @shetty_athreya . You’ve shown great resilience and achieved so much @UoNBiosciences Now on to the next chapter!

First time away from home, 2 years through the pandemic has not been easy. BUT....finally made it! Crossed a major milestone ✅ Graduated from @UoNBiosciences with BSc (Hons) Agriculture & Crop Science today! Proud🎓💪

And it's a wrap! The final visit of our @uonBiosciences Agronomy Field Course '23 which is also my last field course. Thanks again to all our wonderful hosts @dgwhoyles @sambennett117 @Farming_Holkham @suepenlington @connorTR @RawNegus @ARParkinson @MikeNeaverson @LilleyPhilip

Final visit of our 2023 Agronomy Field Course was hosted by @LilleyPhilip of Hammond Produce. Thank you Philip for an inspiring morning discussing parsnips, potatoes, squash and rhubarb. @UoNBiosciences

Many thanks @MikeNeaverson for such an interesting and informative visit this afternoon discussing oilseed rape, potatoes, vining peas and careers in agronomy ⁦@UoNBiosciences⁩

Many thanks to ⁦@RawNegus⁩ and ⁦@ARParkinson⁩ of ⁦@RBOrganicfarm⁩ for hosting our Agronomy Field Course this morning. Fascinating insight into organic carrot and potato production ⁦@UoNBiosciences⁩

#Agronomyfieldcouse23 was based @HolkhamEstate today. Many thanks to @Farming_Holkham @suepenlington @connorTR Bea and @BBRO_Beet ‘s Mark Stevens for such an inspiring day. @UoNBiosciences

#AgronomFieldCourse23 Visit 2 was hosted by former student @sambennett117 at TH Scott and Sons. Talking legumes and all things Regen Ag. Many thanks Sam for a great afternoon @UoNBiosciences

Fantastic first visit to @dgwhoyles for our #AgronomyFieldCourse23. Thank you David for providing such a great insight into potato, mustard and vining pea agronomy and your wider farming business. @UoNBiosciences

@Farming_Holkham Just in time for our Agronomy Field Course visit!

Only a 15 degree rise in temperature in 24 hrs. #Norfolk

Three exciting Fully Funded PhD #phd Opportunities in Soft Matter Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Lab at the University of Nottingham 2) Collaboration with Agrigum on the new polysaccharide materials using a plant-mimetic approach lnkd.in/e26pGQdt )

@UoNBiosciences @UoNScience @UoNresearch @UniofNottingham Congratulations John. Sorry I couldn’t be there.

Professor John Brameld gave is Inaugural Lecture last night. Many thanks to all friends, family and colleagues (old and new!) that attended and thanks also to Zoe Wilson FPVC who gave the introduction for John. 👏🥂

Sixteen agricultural universities across the UK have joined forces to address farming industry challenges farminguk.com/news/agricultu…

A team of @UoNBiosciences students created healthy and filling recipes from food bank ingredients using just a kettle and microwave after Sophie Conant spotted a need whilst volunteering @UoNMNutr #Food #recipes Read more and download the recipes here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/bdzajh4b

A new study from @UoNBiosciences has been launched in collaboration with @NottsCC to identify areas in Nottinghamshire where people may be struggling to access adequate #food and #nutrition and volunteers are needed #foodsecurity Read more here ➡️ tinyurl.com/42vp25pa

Are you an agronomist passionate about research and educating the next generation? Great opportunity to join @UoNBiosciences jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

@AnnieKBuckley from @UoN_Beet_team has (almost) completed her 3 month placement with @BASFAgro. Well done Annie on such a successful placement and welcome back to @UoNBiosciences just in time for the new sugar beet season. @BBRO_Beet @UoNBioscicareer

Congratulations to Team KAJA, winners of our Enterprise Management Challenge. Kasonde and Jarupat represented the team today, collecting their prizes from @BBRO_Beet's Mark Stevens. Thanks to @StefChapman_ @BritishSugar for the lovely hampers. @UoNBiosciences @UoN_Beet_team

@GoodgerSimon @agronomytrainer @UoNBiosciences @SBagrics No mention at all 😂

@DebbieSparkes @agronomytrainer @UoNBiosciences @SBagrics Did he talk about the “good old days, when we could use chlorothanolil”?😂

The sun came out for our AgricActiv field walk this afternoon. Many thanks to @agronomytrainer for leading an interesting and interactive session. @UoNBiosciences @SBagrics

@GoodgerSimon @agronomytrainer @BenHipperson @angela_huckle @Anne_Fenn @cropwalkerchris @jsedgwick67 @farmer_richardT @DavidCraigFarm @thebeardybirder

Thanks to everyone taking part in this week’s ident. The correct answer is 1=Ca, 2=Cu, 3=Mg & 4=P. Congratulations if you are in the 67%. @agronomytrainer @BenHipperson @angela_huckle @Anne_Fenn @cropwalkerchris @jsedgwick67 @farmer_richardT @DavidCraigFarm @thebeardybirder