Soil Health

Let’s get straight to it and ask a simple question: ‘Is there a monetary return to be had from managing the biology of your soil?’ With every major agronomy company now having expanding soils programs and Government, post Brexit, replacing the common agricultural policy subsidises with payments in part based on environmental empathy, what is […]

Ploughing has received bad press in some organic farming circles due to the higher fuel requirements and the fact that it buries soil organisms and green material at too great a depth. The perennial questions are: should we plough and if so how deep? Written by Mark Measures, Agricology Group Steering Member Over many years

James Warne from Soil First Farming defends urea and shows it may well be an easy scapegoat for the rise inatmospheric ammonia levels When I have something on my mind I tend to reach for a cup of tea and a biscuit. Those who have seen me will be able to verify this happens often.

An online soil guide aiming to become the world’s most comprehensive resource to help farmers improve soil healthand increase the efficiency and profitability of their businesses has been launched. The Good Soil Guide – a collaboration between Yorkshire Water, Yorkshire supply chain consultancy Future Food Solutions and expert soil scientist Neil Fuller – is a

Written by Thomas Gent from Gentle Farming Regenerative Agriculture is becoming a buzzword in the non-agricultural business community, sustainability and the circular economy will become more impactful in the coming years. Consumers are now aware of the eco credentials of the businesses they are spending their money with. This is driving businesses across the country

PRESERVING UK SOIL MICROBIAL BIODIVERSITY FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE Written by Wayne Coles at CABI Scientists from the UK’s foremost agricultural research institutes have teamed up to create a new UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank (UK-CMCB) to safeguard future research and facilitate the sustainable yield improvement of the UK’s six major food crops including barley, oats, oil

Written By Laura Barrera and first published on Agfuse With harvest either underway or on the horizon for most growers in the U.S., now is a good time to prepare for your soil sampling program. Most universities and the NRCS recommend taking soil samples in the off-season, after the last crop harvest, and before the

Written by Dan Robinson from Eurofins We have created new soil tests that will help farmers and agronomists understand their soil in a more detailed way than ever before. The tests have been launched in the UK and Ireland to provide chemical, physical, and biological insight, offering farmers a better way to monitor, manage and

Applying gypsum in liquid form could prove particularly beneficial in relieving soil compaction ahead of the autumn sowing programme. It’s been a tough season for soils. Many fields were drilled in less-than-ideal conditions, often after abandoned earlier attempts at cultivation that left soils prone to slumping, while others were left bare fallow which has done

Written by Christoph Felgentreu, Deutsche Saatveredelung AG · Bückwitz Deeptill Radish (Raphanus sativus), also known as “melioration radish” is a plant breeding innovation. The focus was on a strong rooting performance to combat soil compaction during the crucifera selection process. The aim of the breeding was to select a strong, aggressively downwards growing root. It