Soil and Water Our population is growing and so is the demand for food, highlighting the importance of farming to us all. This growing population will also need more water, especially in the south-east of England. The company I work for, Affinity Water, supplies water in an area already under ‘serious water-stress’ so it is …
Creating a Smarter Water Catchment in the Evenlode – Thames Water No Till & Cover Crop trial Thames Water has recently started a No Till and Cover Crop trial in the Evenlode river catchment as part of its ‘Smarter Water Catchments’ initiative. The company’s work, alongside colleagues from Atkins and Natural England, is helping to …
It was in 2002 that I first wrote an article outlining: ‘The need for’ and ‘Benefit of having’ a good population of mycorrhizal fungi in your soil. That is of course still true but it is not the most important of the life in your soil; so what is? Of course there may not be …
By Edward H. Faulkner With a Foreword byS. Graham Brade-Birks M.Sc. (Manc.), D.Sc. (Lond.), of the SouthEastern Agricultural College (University of London), Wye, KentFirst published 1945 Traditions of the Plough Continued from Issue 1 of Direct Driller Ploughing done when the furrow slice is plastic creates clods; every clod is so much soil mustered out …
A LIVING SOIL – THE KEY TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTUREMANAGEMENT Simtech Aitchison has become a major player on the UK direct-drilling scene in recent years, producing a variety of machines all based on the Inverted T-Slot principle. They cover the broadest range of direct-drills on the market, encompassing arable, mixed, upland and lowland pasture and …
BIOFIL – LIQUID ORGANIC SOIL INOCULANT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE UK BioFil is a liquid organic bacterial soil inoculant which has been used by Hungarian farmers for more than 5 years with great results. The products are finally being launched in the UK and will be available from Farm Marketplace from January 2019. Research …
By Thierry Stokkermans There is one country where some contractors seed 3000 hectares per year with a 3 metre wide drill, and it is New Zealand. It is not a country of wide plains… most paddocks have odd shapes. How do they do this? New Zealand has a mild oceanic climate and numerous mountains. Their …
How NZ Contractors No-Till 3000HA/Year With A 3M Seeder Read More »
DALE DRILLS – MEIR AGRICULTURAL LAMMA 2019 will see the launch of a new low disturbance Soil Conditioner developed by the team at Dale Drills. As a non-drilling piece of equipment, the Dale’s decided to launch the product under a new brand, Meir Agricultural, named after owners Tom and James Dale’s late maternal Grandfather, Thomas …
After successfully completing the multi-year research project MARS (Mobile Agricultural Robot Swarms) in collaboration with the Ulm University of Applied Sciences and the EU research funding, AGCO and Fendt decided to develop the robot project up to series-production readiness for the Fendt brand. The entire system, including small robots operating in swarms and a cloud-based …
XAVER: Robot System For Planting And Accurate Documentation Read More »
10th October 2018 – At Nantwich Football Club Calcium has a key role in maintaining healthy, fertile soils and the production of high-quality crops and forages. Yet it is estimated that 60% of UK soils are below optimal levels of pH and calcium, and the importance of this key nutrient is often overlooked. To help …
Conference Highlights Calcium’s Vital Role In Soil Nutrition Read More »
