The Benefits of Intercropping
Intercrop trials show yield gains
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Organic and regenerative together at CropTec Show
Written by Jerry Alford from the Soil Association For Soil Association Certification, hosting the Regen Zone at this year’s CropTec Show was an opportunity to meet many of the farming community who are embracing regenerative farming and highlight similarities and the benefits farmers can learn from each other. Regenerative agriculture is an exciting grassroots movement,
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Innovative Farmers Living Mulch Field Lab
By Jerry Alford. Innovative Farmers and Dominic Amos, Organic Research Centre This Innovative Farmers project brings together organic and conventional notill farmers to investigate the potential for implementing a long-term system with the aim of maintaining a perennial living mulch of white clover whilst growing an annual combinable cash crop. The benefits are widespread, from
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Field Lab: Organic Wheat Varieties – Part 1
Authors: Dominic Amos [Researcher] Jerry Alford [Coordinator] Introduction The field lab is focussed on investigating winter wheat variety performance using a single replicated plot trial on an organic farm and larger scale strips in farmers’ fields. The plot trial acts as a reference for comparison of a large number of varieties representing a broad range
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Is Organic No-Till Possible?
Written by Jerry Alford from the Soil Association There has recently been a lot of interest in the potential of organic no-till and it has been described by some as the holy grail of organic arable farming. It is also something that is of interest to non-organic farms because of the potential to reduce inputs,
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