Written by Joel Williams Soil Biology – two words that have become commonplace in the lexicon of the farming community in recent years, and rightly so. Biological interactions are of course as important as the physical and chemical interactions that make up the fascinating medium we call soil. Among all the groups of organisms that […]
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Written by Dominic Amos, Crops Researcher at the Organic Research Centre As based on information found on Agricology (www.agricology.co.uk)Reducing tillage and chemical inputs can be beneficial for soil and the environment, so could a permanent clover understorey acting as a ‘living mulch’, moving towards a perennial soil cover, offer a practical solution to reducing inputs
Written by Tom Chapman, Head of Regenerative at Innovation for Agriculture How would we design agriculture now, in the 21st Century, if we were starting from scratch? What would we do differently, given what we know about regenerative agriculture and about farming with, not battling against, nature? Would we continue with the same cropping, the
Watching the live feed from NASA last week as the rover ‘Perseverance’ touched down on Mars was a quite spectacular achievement. A planetary alignment, or confluence, of millions of externalities came together to achieve something marvellous, along with a generous helping of rigorous planning and attention to detail. Sometime a series of events can surprise
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Importance Earthworms improve plant productivity, are principally responsible for engineering the soil environment and are an important food source for native birds such as the song thrush. There are up to 10 common earthworm species in agricultural soils and these can be grouped into three ecological types: epigeic, endogeic and anecic earthworms – each group
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Soil health is a product of interactions between plant roots and the living fraction of the soil, operating within the constraints of the physical, chemical and climatic parameters of the soil environment, writes Neil Douglas Fuller of the Atlas Sustainable Soil Programme. In part, soil health is determined by the inherent, effectively fixed, properties of
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Webinar with Dr Christine Jones Dr Christine Jones will be well known to anyone that has been studying soil health or regenerative farming as herreputation spreads far and wide. I first saw her speak at Groundswell in 2017 and have spent many hours watchingYouTube videos ever since. Christine is renowned for speaking about the Liquid
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Written by David Boulton of Indigro Born out of an industrial and intensive era, ‘regenerative’ and ‘regeneration’ are the newest buzzwords to describe a forward movement in agriculture. By definition, regeneration is the process of restoration – to develop and improve something, making it as good or successful as it previously was. In an agricultural
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Recent interest in carbon trading and the Government’s Net Zero by 2050 target has led to an increase in enquiries at NRM laboratories relating to Soil Carbon, Organic Matter and the link between them. Agriculture can play a significant role in carbon sequestration, with soil providing a huge carbon sink. Understanding the soil and what
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Permanent soil cover! One of the three pillars of conservation agriculture and rightly so. There are numerous benefits to soil health and crop production that stem from this foundational soil protective principle. However, in recent years there has been an expanding body of research into soil ecology and soil organic matter [SOM] formation and this
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