Stuart is a research agronomist with more than 30 years’ 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 impacts on crop yield, quality, resource efficiency and profitability, including management of soil and fertiliser nutrients within arable crop rotations; evaluation of new plant protection products; monitoring and control of cereal fungal diseases; alternative crops and farming systems; managing within-field variation and decision support.