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Groundswell 2025: A Regenerative Festival That Goes Beyond the Soil

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I know I’m biased as I was involved in the first Groundswell, but the event proved once again why it is the UK’s flagship event for regenerative agriculture. As always, held at Lannock Manor Farm in Hertfordshire, this year’s festival brought together farmers, scientists, environmentalists, entrepreneurs, and policymakers for a celebration of soil, food, sustainability …

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Why we need to talk about water and the land it runs through

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Water is central to sustainable farming, but too often, it’s the part we leave out. At Groundswell 2025, we set out to change that. As a water supplier working across some of the UK’s most environmentally sensitive landscapes, we were proud to join the event to share our work, listen to the farming community, and …

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Report suggests regenerative farming pioneers are outperforming conventional approaches

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A new benchmarking report comparing 78 regenerative farms across Europe provides evidence of how regenerative farming can outperform the average conventional system Written by Mike Abram Pioneering regenerative farms across Europe are delivering 20% higher gross margins than the average conventional farm, while using 61% less synthetic nitrogen and 75% less pesticide. Yields were only …

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Revisiting the Syngenta Conservation Agriculture Project.

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Joe Stanley, Allerton Project and Graham Redman, The Andersons Centre Joe Stanley Since 2017, the Allerton Project has been conducting a nationally significant long-term rotational field trial in partnership with Syngenta across five fields of our heavy-land site. The initial five-year phase of the trial, as outlined in the June 2023 issue of Direct Driller, …

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Time to Focus on key priorities

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Cutting per-tonne costs, boosting yields, maximising income and building healthier soils; these should be key priorities given the challenges facing the farming sector, says Jeff Claydon, Suffolk arable farmer and inventor of the Claydon Opti-Till® direct seeding system. 25 May 2025 Hanslope series clay certainly brings significant challenges and makes timeliness essential, but this spring …

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5 reasons to visit the Agroforestry Show 10-11 September 2025[HC1] 

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Discover how trees can boost your regenerative farming system at Woodoaks Farm, Hertfordshire. Following its sell-out debut in 2023, the Agroforestry Show is back—bigger, bolder, and packed with even more inspiration and learning opportunities. Join us for two incredible days dedicated to the future of farming, forestry, and sustainable land management. Agroforestry is the deliberate …

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