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About Us

Established in 2017 Revive Agronomy is an Independent Agronomy Service for arable and livestock farmers in Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Oxfordshire provided by the highly experienced and professional agronomist Philip Laughton.

Agronomy advice is centred on profitable crop production whilst meeting the legal and environmental requirements of the day.

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Blog News

Current predicaments as seen by an Agronomist in the field. Short written reports with pictures to illustrate key challenges to the industry.

Eight IPM Principles.

The 8 Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Principles. Specific reference to Yellow Rust in Winter Wheat. The ability of the fungus causing yellow rust to overcome race specific genes is well know and documented; an early occurrence being in 1932 with the variety Vilmorin 23. From there you may remember Perdix in 1966, Sleipner 1985, Robigus 2000 and Warrior in 2011. These sudden degradation’s of varietal resistances make for spectacular newspaper headlines whist causing major

I knew that...

…it’s just that I had forgotten. Reviewing cereal production for 2026 I re-read some of the science associated with the Broadbalk long-term trial at Rothamsted. The experiment with over 180 years of data has worked with organic and inorganic fertilisers. This data forms the basis for commercial crop production worldwide. What are some of its key findings? It highlights the need for additional nitrogen and phosphate to increase yield. The application of chalk (lime) is es

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Revive Agronomy effectively communicates simple and practical advice to meet the stated objectives of the farm business

This ability to communicate science into practice began with work Philip conducted in the 1980’s at Rothamsted Research Station.

Understanding that which was required by the scientific community and then communicating this to farm staff responsible for enacting science from the tractor seat was part of his daily routine.

With you, that basic principle remains the same, taking true science to the field for the commercial benefit of your farm businesses.