Media coverage

Sally-Ann was on BBC Radio 4's Farming Today programme talking about the importance of dung beetles on agricultural land. Listen again to hear the interview.

Bruce talks to Sara Gregson in a Dairy Farmer Magazine article about how he farms his 300 dairy cows and has increased dung beetle numbers.

Claire and Bruce talk all about dung beetles with Ben Eagle on the Meet the Farmers podcast explaining why they are so great on pasture.

Sally-Ann talks to Will Evans from the Rock and Roll Farming podcast about a whole range of subjects, including dung beetles!

In this episode of Farmerama Radio Sally-Ann talks in depth about dung beetles and why they are so important.

Sally-Ann talks in depth about dung beetles for a Pasture Fed Livestock Association webinar on dung beetles.

Bruce shows us around his farm and talks dung beetles for the 2020 Northern Real Farming Conference.

Farming for Nature Ambassador Bruce talks about dung beetles.

What more could you want in life but a dung beetle made from high quality chocolate! Sally-Ann makes an appearance on Channel 4's Extreme Chocolate Makers as Sarah Hardy tries to make a chocolate Violet Dor Beetle Geotrupes mutator dung beetle.

These stunning, delicious dung beetles are for sale at the Edible Museum

Bruce's article for Agricology on dung beetles and how he supports them on his large dairy farm in Ireland.

Claire explains some of the key ways livestock farmers can work regenerative farming practices into grassland management to improve livestock health; including talking about dung beetles.

Entomologist and farmer Sally-Ann Spence has dedicated her life to the study of dung beetles. She's restored chalk downland in Wiltshire to create the perfect habitat for insects.

Bruce examines impact of worming drug on beetles in this article.

Is it okay to kill insects in the name of science? Sally-Ann answers the question on BBC Radio 4.

Ready about Claire's subject for his Nuffield scholarship: “Do regenerative agriculture principles improve the health and welfare of livestock?”.

Ready about Bruce's subject for his Nuffield scholarship: “Anthelmintic resistance control measures incorporating pastoral management and dung beetles to increase biodiversity?”.