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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Rethinking Permanent Soil Cover – Joel Williams Read More »
Written by William Waterfield from The Farm Consultancy Group Open just about any agricultural journal and one is bombarded by stories about regenerative agriculture but why all this interest? The confusion surrounding the subject is compounded by terms such as holistic management circular systems, closed production cycles, conservation agriculture, agroecological systems, enterprise stacking, agroforestry, mob …
Regenerative Agriculture Another Passing Fad Or A System Fit For The Future? Read More »
Written by Neil Douglas Fuller of the Atlas Sustainable Soil Programme 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. In part, soil health is determined by the inherent, effectively fixed, properties …
Written by Niels Corfield The winter of 2019/20 has been challenging for farmers to say the least. Incessant rain meaning fields were not accessible, and winter crops were not sowed, large areas of flat or low lying country flooded (sometimes repeatedly) and otherwise generally redefining the concept of mud. However, now that we’re at the …
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 …
Biology Up, Costs Down The Value Of Managing Soils Read More »
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 …
Soil Cultivations: Ploughing, Non-Inversion Tillage And Soil Quality Read More »
