Stuart Knight

Stuart is a research agronomist with experience in applied crops research, combinable crop trials and field experimentation, knowledge exchange, and providing technical advice to farmers and agronomists. He has broad expertise in combinable crop agronomy and its impact on crop yield, quality, resource efficiency and profitability, including: management of soil / fertiliser nitrogen and phosphorus in combinable crop rotations; monitoring and control of cereal fungal diseases; evaluation of new crop protection chemicals; managing within-field variation and decision support. He has recently worked on the impact of farming systems and management practices on the economic, environmental and social performance of farms, and from 2014 to 2018 led a multi-partner, interdisciplinary project focused on ‘Integrated Farm Management’, funded by Defra and Welsh Government as part of the 'Sustainable Intensification Research Platform' (SIP).