CHRIS MARTIN FROM AGROVISTA Industrial farming has been an incredible success story when it comes to increasing production. But many people, including me, believe this era is coming to an end. It is time to rethink the way we go about producing crops. For the past few decades UK agriculture has become increasingly reliant on …
Ten years ago Alan Clifton-Holt took the decision to use cover crops to address a multitude of issues across his Kentrotation. Today, with a decade’s experience behind him, he shares what he has learned with the Direct Driller farming audience. As he says, he has a far better idea of what cover crops can do …
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Written by Gary Markham, Land Family Business 147% of the profit of the average arable farm is BPS Farming is embarking on a period of change that most of the current generation of farmers have not experienced. Moving from the comfort of area payments to having to apply for specific funding for providing natural capital. …
Authored by Eric Vukicevich, Tom Lowery, Pat Bowen, José Ramon Úrbez-Torres & Miranda HartA REVIEW Published in Agronomy for Sustainable Development volume 36, Article number: 48 (2016) Abstract Commercial perennial agriculture is prone to declining productivity due to negative plant-soil feedback. An alternative to costly and environmentally harmful conventional treatment such as soil fumigation could …
Written by Tom Carnell from Tramline TEC, formed in May 2021. We were founded with the aim of providing solutions to problems in Agriculture, where the problems are normally caused by the need to control something. Why do we need to control something? So much of farming is without control. Weather, disease, pests, weeds, climate …
Separation of crop and livestock production can degrade soil and other natural resources while reducing economic returns. Additionally, the conversion of grassland to cropland has put a strain on forage for cattle. Grazing cover crops can be a potential option to re-integrate crops with livestock production and reverse the adverse effects of separating crops and …
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Authors: David Rivest, Ing. F., Ph.D., Université Laval, Olivier, Ph.D., Université Laval and Andrew M. Gordon, B.Sc.F., Ph.D., R.P.F., University of Guelph. Published under licence from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Government of Canada. Combining wood and agricultural production while delivering environmental services Introduction The evolution of agriculture in eastern Canada over the past …
If you are like us, then you don’t know where to start when it comes to other reading apart from farming magazines.However, there is so much information out there that can help us understand our businesses, farm better andunderstand the position of non-farmers. We have listed a few more books you might find interesting, challenge …
Cover and catch cropping may work well for many managing lighter and erosion-prone soils but for those on heavier and more difficult ground they remain very far from the answer to any sort of maiden’s prayer. The right covers managed in the right way can help structure even the most challenging soils. However, in many …
Andrew and Sam Melton, new to the AHDB Monitor Farm programme this year, are looking at how to make cover cropping and direct drilling work on their soils at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Farming silty clay loam soils and with a keen interest in farming sustainably, whilst improving yields and productivity, Andrew and Sam Melton have kept …
