Written by James Warne of Soil First Farming A cover crop can be anything that is not intended to be harvested. It is simply there to provide soil cover, lightinterception, push roots in the soil and carbon sequestration. If you are following a true Conservation Agriculture (CA) system, cover cropping is an essential part of …
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By James Warne of Soil First Farming Drilling is the only operation you have to really influence the crop you harvest later, if the establishment is poor you areconstantly playing a game of catch-up. Get it right and suddenly the husbandry of the crop becomes ever so much easier. I appreciate that sounds obvious and …
Written by Ian Gould, Director of Oakbank Game and Conservation Ltd In an attempt to take myself out of my own comfort zone and into a new learning arena, I decided to venture across the “Pond” and immerse myself in US Agriculture for a week. Arriving in Indianapolis in January 2019 I was intent on …
Written by James Warne of Soil First Farming Ever measured the brix levels of your crops? Been told that if you achieve the magic figure of ~15% brix then you won’thave an issue with pest and disease? I have spent the last couple of years testing brix (during the spring) of most crops I visit …
By James Warne, Soil First Farming I recently attended the appropriately entitled ‘Calcium Conference’ which served to remind me of the importance to distinguish between calcium and pH balance within our soils, and also the importance of calcium to the dairy cow. How easily we confuse the use of calcium has with the role of …
