BASIS Agronomy Matters
Episodes
Precision Breeding
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Agronomy Matters, Thomas Vaughan, Environment Manager at BASIS, is joined by Tom Allen-Stevens, Oxfordshire farmer and founder of B...
Bees and Beyond
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Agronomy Matters! In this latest episode, host Thomas Vaughan, Environment Manager at BASIS, ventures into the fascinating realm of in...
From Rock to Root
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Agronomy Matters, we take you deep underground to explore Boulby Mine, home to the world’s only polyhalite mining operation. Loca...
Careers in Agronomy
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Agronomy Matters, host Thomas Vaughan, Environment Manager for BASIS, dives into the exciting world of agronomy and the rewarding c...
Winter Vegetables
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
While our regular host, Thomas Vaughan, is enjoying a well-earned break on the ski slopes, Jessica Deunert, Marketing & Communications Manager at ...
Enhanced Weathering & Woodland Carbon Code
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of Agronomy Matters! Hosted by Thomas Vaughan, Commercial Manager for BASIS, this episode dives into two topics in sustaina...
Health & Safety in Agriculture
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Agronomy Matters is back! After a summer break, we return with an essential episode on health and safety in agriculture. Stephanie Berkeley from the ...
Groundswell 2024: Direct Drills, Research, and More
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s episode, we’re summarising Groundswell 2024. We’ll chat with folks from various stands including direct drill manufacturers, Rot...
Paludiculture Explained
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Agronomy Matters, host Thomas Vaughan, the Environment Manager for BASIS, welcomes two guests from the Lancashire Wildlife Trust: S...
Sugar Beet Farming 2024
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this episode of Agronomy Matters! Join us as we journey into the world of UK sugar beet production with Dr. Vicky Foster, Head of BBRO. Di...
Drones
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Agronomy Matters, listeners are invited on an exploratory journey into the future of farming with two distinguished guests. As the ...
Six Inches of Soil
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of Agronomy Matters! In this edition, our host, Thomas Vaughan, Environment Manager for BASIS, takes listeners on a deep di...
Hedgerow Management
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Agronomy Matters, Thomas Vaughan, Environment Manager for BASIS, delves into the world of sustainable hedgerow management with our ...
British Potato Show
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join, Thomas Vaughan, our Environment Manager at BASIS, as we embark on an exclusive tour of the acclaimed British Potato Show in our latest episode. ...
Healthy Soils
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This month’s episode of Agronomy Matters is hosted by Thomas Vaughan, the recently appointed Environment Manager for BASIS. Thomas is joined by tw...
BASIS Special
03 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This month we have a BASIS Special as we speak to three members of the BASIS team. We are joined by Stephen Jacob, BASIS Chief Executive Officer, Andy...
Christmas Special
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This month we are embracing the festivities with a Christmas themed episode. Our first guest, Andy Richardson, joins us to talk about the only vegetab...
Potato Cyst Nematode
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This month we are talking all about Potato Cyst Nematode, an important pest in most areas of the country where potatoes are grown. It is during the au...
Principles of Sustainable Land Management
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This month following the launch of our Principles of Sustainable Land Management course back in May we are catching up with four experts who have comp...
Grain Storage
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With harvest of cereals and oilseed rape now complete across the UK, this month we talk about crop storage. Compared to selling grain at harvest, stor...
Black Grass Control
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This month we talk about black grass - one of the biggest challenges to profitable arable farming in the main cereal growing areas of the UK. With its...
Farm Safety Week at BASIS
17 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Health and safety is stereotypically a bit boring. Like with legislation it’s one of those topics that just comes with a bit of a yawn and a sigh, b...
Nitrogen Use Efficiency
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This month’s episode of the Agronomy Matters Podcast focuses on Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE). Nitrogen use efficiency has become a bit of buzz word...
ELMS
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The removal of the Basic Payment Scheme and introduction of the new Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS) is one of the most significant change...
Cultivations
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With the return of LAMMA, the UK’s leading agricultural machinery, equipment and technology show, on the 4th and 5th May, we thought we would focus ...
Regenerative Agriculture
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For this month’s episode of the Agronomy Matters podcast, we are focussing on Regenerative Agriculture. We were joined by Joe Stanley, the author of...
Technology in Fruit Production
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For this month’s episode of the Agronomy Matters podcast, we are focussing on how new technology and innovative growing practices are being utilised...
Mental Health Awareness
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On our first episode of 2022 we speak to four guests about mental health awareness in agriculture. Firstly, we speak to Sheena Horner, a chilli farmer...
2021 Review
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On our final episode of the year we have decided to do a 2021 in review episode, where we will be speaking to three guests about their experiences ove...
Net Zero
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This year we had the 26th annual summit of the United nations climate change conference; COP26. From the 31st October until the 12th November world le...
Kellogg’s Origins Project
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This month’s episode of the BASIS Agronomy Matters Podcast has been produced in collaboration with the Kellogg’s Origins Project. This is a really...
Effective Phosphorus Management
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this month's episode of the BASIS Agronomy Matters Podcast, our Business Development Executive, Jade Prince hones in on effective phosphorus manage...
Water Quality
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a first for the BASIS Agronomy Matters Podcast, this episode has been produced in collaboration with Championing the Farmed Environment (CFE), a pa...
Organic Farming
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the BASIS Agronomy Matters Podcast we are discussing all things organic, following the launch of the BASIS Foundation Award i...
Livestock in Arable Farming
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s episode of the BASIS Agronomy Matters podcast we are looking at a slightly different area of UK agriculture, livestock production. I...
Game Management
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest episode of the BASIS Agronomy Matters Podcast, our Technical Manager, Greg Hopkinson hones in how to combine sustainable and profitable...
Soil Management
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s episode of the BASIS Agronomy Matters Podcast we are talking all things soil following an update to one of our most popular BASIS co...
BASIS Awards
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this month's episode of the BASIS Agronomy Podcast Greg Hopkinson, Head of Business Development at BASIS, speaks to three recent winners of BASIS a...
Spring Varieties
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of the BASIS Agronomy Matters Podcast in 2021 we are looking ahead to spring with a specific focus on seed and variety selection....
Field vegetable production
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of the BASIS Agronomy Matters Podcast for 2020 we are focusing on field vegetable production as we look at how your Christmas din...
Careers in agronomy
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The latest episode of the BASIS Agronomy Matters Podcast is a special edition featuring our technical manager, Greg Hopkinson, who investigates how to...
Technology in agriculture
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s episode of the BASIS Agronomy Matters Podcast our technical manager, Greg Hopkinson, speaks to four expert guests about technology i...
Integrated pest management in fruit crops
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s episode of the BASIS Agronomy Matters Podcast, our technical manager, Greg Hopkinson hones in on integrated pest management in comme...
Cereal varieties focus
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The combines have already started rolling, so thoughts are turning to the next cropping season. In this episode, BASIS technical manager, Greg Hopkins...
Spring cereals - Micronutrition and ramularia control
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our flagship episode, BASIS CEO, Stephen Jacob, introduces two guest speakers who give a technical insight into two different areas of spring cerea...