Author name: Direct Driller

Covering Soils with Direct Driller Magazine (20th Sept 23)

Join us at “Covering Soils” – featuring discussions & demonstrations relating to cover crops, drill technologies, soil health & compaction. Date and time Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:30 – 16:30 BST Location TWB Farms, Burntwood WS7 0LG, UK Description Covering Soils is an essential event for farmers and agri-professionals to deepen their understanding of cover crops, …

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High silt content soils make for a slow drilling transition

After five years of cover crops and reduced tillage cultivations, Kent farm manager Dom Hughes reviews his experience – and how good advice has been vital to not making a mess of it. “Slowly, slowly catchee monkey” has become my mantra. This old English proverb, which is another way of saying ‘be patient’, is perhaps …

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Fish Hydrolysate: A new way to add traditional support to your crops

As margins are ever more squeezed on farm, over the last twelve months we have seen a significant increase in farmers looking for a more sustainable and cost-effective way of applying nitrogen to their land while reducing farm inputs. Fish hydrolysates are now playing a key role in that search for solutions and are proven …

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