REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE – THE NEXT STEP FOR THE WHOLE SUPPLY CHAIN Written by Rebecca Hesketh, Agriculture Manager for Fresh Produce at Waitrose & Partners Many of us are asking whether this point in history is one we will look back on as when a ‘shift’ occurred in our system that changed the course of lives …
while listening to Radio 1) John Aynsley, runs a 1,302ha mixed farm near Saltburn-by-the-Sea in the north east of England. Barn Farm with 566 ha of arable cropping in a predominantly cereals rotation has recently seen a system change to direct drilling. The transition has been followed and directed by the local AHDB Monitor Farm …
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Full Paper published by Caroline Harkness, Francisco J. Areal. Mikhail A. Semeno, Nimai Senapati, Ian F. Shield, Jacob Bishop Subsidies paid to farmers for protecting the environment lead to more stable incomes compared with payments based purely on the number of hectares being farmed, according to a new study of farms in England and Wales. …
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One of the many aspirations producers will have when moving to a regenerative farming system is to take a fresh look at both variable costs and fixed costs in connection with their whole farming system. Written by Nigel Wellings, Director ,Acres Insurance Brokers I will base my thoughts for this article on combinable cropping farms …
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Written by Thomas Preuße, Chief Editor “DLG-Mitteilungen” and DLG-Agrifuture Magazine Forgoing glyphosate will increase the demands made on the cultivation system as a whole. It is vital to minimisethe pressure caused by weeds overall. Replacing glyphosate with one single alternative measure is therefore barelyconceivable, especially in systems that do not involve the use of ploughs. …
In recent years, NIAB have been conducting research to help growers manage their oilseed rape crops in the presence of Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle (CSFB). We are all aware of the fact that in most of England, the area of this crop has been decimated and UK wide, we are now growing half the area …
Once again I am delighted to be involved with the production of this issue, Direct Driller #12. These pages are filled with facts and figures that have the power to direct arable farmers towards more profitable and long term goals which will stand the test of time. They very much fulfil the original purpose of …
For years it was Gatekeeper – much maligned, but we were stuck with it. But in the last few years things have changed and we now live in a very congested software world. Each year more software from round the world comes to market. Here are just a few of the entrants over the last …
Written by Liz Bowles from the Soil Association The role of verification, certification and labelling to drive meaningful positive impact on our food production systems Measuring performance Amidst the explosion in interest in how farmers can achieve environmental best practice without negatively impacting food production, an increasing number of schemes, labels and tools for measuring …
DOES REGEN AG MATTER? Written by Richard Pike from COOK A broken System My interest in sustainable food began somewhere in the mid 2000’s when, working for a UK farming group, we ended up importing lettuce into the UK, by air, in spring, to satisfy the demands of a major customer. I was shocked that …
