OPER8

Oper-8 aims to transform EU #foodproduction through feasible #weedcontrol solutions of 8 Operational Groups on various cropping systems (#arable & #orchards #vineyards ) and create an EU-wide Thematic Network to stimulate knowledge exchange for non-chemical weed management!

🎧 New Oper8 podcast from Latvia! 🇱🇻 Agronomists Rihards Berķis & Aigars Šutka join Iveta Grudovska to discuss agrotechnical & agronomic solutions for reducing herbicide use 🌱 🔹 Mechanical control 🔹 Precision spraying (GPS & cameras) 🔹 Catch crops, crop rotation, seeding rates 👉 Listen to the episode: bit.ly/4nZE32C More episodes: oper-8.eu/category/filte… #AlternativeWeedControl #HorizonProject

New! 🌱 Discover Best Practices in #AlternativeWeedControl from across Europe. 👉 Oper8 Knowledge Bank offers: ✔️ 80+ fact sheets ✔️100+ practice abstracts ✔️ 50+ demo videos ✔️ 20 podcasts ✔️ E-learning module + certificate 🔗 bit.ly/4o1xwEG #AlternativeWeedControl #HorizonProject #SustainableFarming

New Oper8 Podcast 🎙️ Cover crops under the vine row – insights from Laure Gontier & Camille Guilbert at IFV 🇫🇷. Trials with clovers, spontaneous covers & full soil coverage 👉 pros, cons & lessons for #Viticulture. Listen here 👉bit.ly/48AQgWK #AlternativeWeedControl #Oper8Project

🌱 New! Explore alternative weed control in our E-learning module 🚜 👉 Learn about physical, chemical & agroecological strategies 👉 Examples from vineyards, horticulture & arable crops 🎓 Get your Certificate of Completion! 🔗 oper-8.eu/knowledge-bank… #Oper8 #WeedControl #EUDigitalLearning

New demo video: Mechanical weed control at Lanna Försöksstation (SLU), Sweden. Mechanical weed control with camera-controlled row hoes from Garford Garford camera-controlled row cutters are versatile and row spacing can be adjusted relatively easily and fine-tuning can be done from inside the cab. Pressure pistons ensure that the coulters are always working at the right pressure. 🎥 oper-8.eu/garford-hoes-i… Presented by Håkan Brolin (Dataväxt AB) & Thomas Börjesson (Agroväst). #AlternativeWeeControl #AgTech #WeedControl #Oper8

🎧 New #Oper8Podcast Ep.18! 🇪🇸 Prof. Rosa Mosquera shares how agroforestry in vineyards 🌳🍇🐑 boosts resilience & sustainability. Intro by Dr. F.J. Rodríguez Rigueiro, USC. 👉 Listen + catch earlier episodes on alt. weed mgmt: oper-8.eu/episode-18-agr… #Viticulture #Agroforestry #SustainableFarming

🌱 The Oper8 Repository is updated! 📌 Now with 80 Best Practices for sustainable & non-chemical weed management, based on 700+ studies & EU-wide evaluations. 👉Read more about the updates: shorturl.at/2sVJP 👉 Explore solutions for farmers, advisors & policymakers: inventory.oper-8.eu/en/best-practi… #Oper8Project #WeedManagement #SustainableFarming

🍇 New #Oper8Podcast! 🎙️ Researchers from @unipi_it share real-life tips for alternative weed control in vineyards. 🌱 Ep14: Mechanical under-row weed control 🌱 Ep15: Dead mulch for soil health & water savings 🎧 Listen here ➡️ bit.ly/4mNZP8Y #WeedControl #Viticulture #Agroecology #SustainableFarming

Discussing market based instruments like pesticide taxes and levies to reduce pesticide use. In some European countries levies are used to support biocontrols and knowledge exchange on IPM. Sounds good to me! @OPER8_EU @H2020IPMWorks @ADASGroup

Lynn Tatnell @ADASGroup promoting the EU @OPER8_EU network on alternative #WeedControl strategies, at the @AABiologists #CultivatingWisdom conference oper-8.eu @lynntatnell1 @OrgResCent

Interesting presentation by @lynntatnell1 @ADASGroup with results on @OPER8_EU #CultivatingWisdom Information sharing and demo events are vital

‘Wild plants’ not weeds - @lynntatnell1 giving an overview of @OPER8_EU and what we’ve achieved in the past 2 years @ADASGroup #CultivatingWisdom

Last week the Oper8 team gathered for the annual meeting in Latvia, over two brilliant days partners and national experts visited Bracas demo farm and Farm Puladzi to see alternative weed control in action and discuss activities for the next 12 months of the project #weedcontrol

Register now for this free webinar on November 1st 10-11.30 GMT that is part of the @OPER8_EU project on alternative solutions for weed control. The webinar will explore the use of drone technology in weed management.agricology.co.uk/event/solution…

Exciting Demo Day under way in South Wales. Today we're looking at a weed wiper in pumpkin crops #weedcontrol

Are you interested of alternative weed control? 🌾Listen to our podcast episodes where we talk about this topic with different view from our operational groups around Europe. 🫶Enjoy! : bit.ly/3RWXsUf

We're underway with our managing blackgrass session @Groundswellaguk

We're @Groundswellaguk, come and join us in The Study at 11:15 for our session on managing blackgrass in arable rotations #Groundswell #weedcontrol

Last week saw the third field walk of the season with @organicarable, another great day hearing about competitive cultivars and weeding strategies. Watch this space for a write up on these soon. #weedcontrol

🎙Join Olga Kriezi in this podcast episode, as she discusses the Greek Operational Group’s pioneering work in camera-guided mechanical weeding with Voula Dimitriadou, R&D manager of Tractor GPS. Don't miss out on this exciting discussion! oper-8.eu/camera-guided-…