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Nuffield Recommendations for ‘AgTech’ entrepreneurship and development

Farm Trial Results, Research, Tech Farmer / By Nuffield Scholars

Yorkshire entrepreneur Hannah Senior NSch has published her Nuffield Farming report ‘Innovating AgTech Entrepreneurship’, sponsored by the Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust. The full report is now published and available on the Nuffield Farming report library. A recording of Hannah presenting at the Nuffield Farming Conference watch via the QR Code. During her Scholarship, Hannah travelled […]

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TFF Direct Drill Demo day 2025

Cover Crops, Farm Trial Results, Soil Health, Soils Farmer / By Direct Driller

10 years ago now in the early days of TFF we ran a trial here on my farm for some of the direct drills that were available at that time. The thread that blogged that can be founds here ……….. the result was interesting ! Read the original thread here Since then the direct drill

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BASE Conference 2025

Farm Trial Results, Research, Soils Farmer / By Chris Fellows

Written by Chris Fellows It’s always great to be back at the BASE Conference, where over 100 soil-focused farmers, agronomists, and researchers gathered to discuss the latest advancements in regenerative farming. The event provided an excellent opportunity to hear from leading experts, exchange ideas, and, of course, enjoy the lively conversations in the bar! Below

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BYDV-Resistant Wheat

Farm Trial Results, Soils Farmer / By RAGT

BYDV-resistant wheat is a relatively new concept in the UK that is creating significant interest among farmers and the seed trade.

Pressure from BYDV is building after the ban in 2019 of seed treatments that controlled the aphid vectors, while resistance to insecticide sprays is increasing and government policy on insecticide use is tightening.

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The Challenge of Wet, Compacted Soils

Farm Trial Results, Research, Soils Farmer / By Soil Fertility Services

While spring brings a renewed sense of vitality to the soil, it also presents challenges, particularly following the level of rainfall seen in the UK this winter. Wet, compacted soils can impede the growth and development of crops, exerting a cascade of effects that ripple through the soil ecosystem and impact potential yields.

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Crop nutrition after the storm…

Farm Trial Results, Soils Farmer / By James Warne

As the daylength increases we are all now waking up from what feels like the mildest ‘winter’ and longest wet spell ever experienced (since the last one anyhow!). It feels like it started raining in July and we haven’t really had a respite since. Soils in most parts of the country have been permanently wet

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Navigating the Storm: Challenges in agriculture

Farm Trial Results, Soils Farmer / By The Allerton Project

As I write this in the third week of March, I can reflect on challenging times both behind and ahead. On the heavy Hanslope-Denchworth series clays of the Allerton Project, we are yet to get so far even as to have terminated our cover crops, let alone apply any spring inputs to those autumn-sown crops which have survived the onslaught of one of the wettest winters on record – though we judge that only some 35% of our winter wheat area is even salvageable. Even were the incessant rains to cease today, we are likely looking at planting our wheat, beans, oats and barley well into the middle of April, significantly compromising potential.

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Levy-funded trials help fine-tune fungicide choice

Farm Trial Results, Research, Tech Farmer / By AHDB

AHDB Technical Content Manager Jason Pole explains the role of the fungicide performance information in choosing the best technology to protect crops. For 30 years, there’s been a trusted team that’s tested the efficacy of chemistry used to battle major crop diseases in the fungicide performance project. The wheat trial series is the oldest, going

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The scorecard that unearths a soil’s secrets

Farm Trial Results, Research, Soils Farmer / By AHDB

A full picture of soil health can be captured by a new ‘scorecard’. AHDB technical content manager Jason Pole investigates. Not everything that matters can be measured. Not everything that can be measured matters. Wise words. Nobody would dispute that soil health matters. Now it can be measured. The soil health scorecard is the product

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Farmer Focus – John Pawsey

Farm Trial Results, Farmer Focus, Soils Farmer / By John Pawsey

Dec 2023 To Certify or Not to Certify, that is the Question I was fascinated by Helen Browning’s reply to the leading question in a session at this year’s Groundswell entitled, “Is it time to certify regenerative farming?” Given Helen’s position as Chief Executive of the Soil Association and her role as a board member

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