SOIL HEALTH BONUS FROM COST CUTTING SOLUTION Cutting the cost of cultivations was the key driver for arable farmer Chris Marchment when he parked his plough for the final time 12 years ago. Farming 80ha near Andover in Hampshire, just to the south of the North Wessex Downs, he faces the challenge working with clay-capped …
ESTABLISHMENT COSTS V RETURN For once weather conditions were similar around the country, poor conditions in the backend of 2019 leading to a lot of ground remaining undrilled or those that had been, failing due to water logging. A late start in spring thanks to prolonged rain on heavy land delayed drilling until well into …
This year has been an incredibly busy year for us. We sent our first DSX seeder to our customer in February 2020 and have now manufactured over 20 which has been a huge effort from our team. We now have DSX seed drills in the UK, Tasmania, New Zealand, Germany, Denmark and France. We also …
Written by Sally Morgan who edits Organic Farming magazine smorgan@soilassociation.org With ruminants getting bad press at the moment over their methane-filled belches, Sally Morgan looks at the science and the critical role of methane-eating microbes Are ruminants really to blame for the rapid increase in methane levels over the last decade? There is no denying …
COLLECTING AND MANAGING DATA Farmers have to collect a large amount of data to manage their farm and for documentation requirements. With the ISOXML standard it’s possible to transfer field data from machine displays of the most popular manufacturers to the John Deere Operations Centre. In this way, John Deere is able to support customers …
Written by Malene Conlong from the German Agricultural Society (DLG) The DLG Digital robot webinar explored mechanical weeding as alternative to herbicide: Field requirements, monitoring, wear parts, solar power and remote service. As farmers around the world face challenges in the use of herbicides in crop production, autonomous robot, capable of mechanical weeding on the …
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Written by John Dobberstein from No-Till Farmer USA and originally published in July 2018 From interseeding to relay cropping to ‘engineering by inventory,’ Loran Steinlage is building a profitable, divergent no-till operation Several years ago, a trip with friends to look at greenhouses led Loran Steinlage to a Mennonite farm. It was there that he …
We had a busy start to 2020 with members visiting Agrovista’s Project Lamport site on a cold and windy day in early February where Niall Atkinson and David Purdy talked about the results so far on soil management, soil structure and biology of the trials. Philip Wright added more detail on cultivations. They also visited …
STRIP TILLAGE BEST PRACTICE At Mzuri, we champion sustainable establishment, and we believe strip tillage answers the questions that many growers are now asking to improve their yields, promote healthier soils and reduce operational costs. We pride ourselves on supporting our customers and so we’ve shared our top ‘Best Practice’ tips that help growers get …
The Soil Farmer of the Year competition has been running now for the last five years and aims to find, promote andchampion those farmers who are putting soil health at the centre of their farm business management. This year thecompetition has been slightly challenging to run due to the COVID pandemic and the inability to …
