October 2025 Farwiza Farhan, the remarkable conservationist working in the Sumatran rainforest, spoke recently of the superpower of naivety. If she had fully understood the complexity of the problems she was wading into, it would have been impossible to begin. This touched a deep chord with me, remembering how little I knew when I sold […]
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Climate instability, market volatility, and supply chain shocks aren’t coming, they’re here. The farms that weather them will be the ones that built resilience into their soil, water systems, and financial models. Not to just endure, but to farm well: with margin, with options, with abusiness that actually works. Written by Kiera Holland from Trinity
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October 2025 So nice to be looking towards the 2026 cropping and putting 2025 behind us. I think that the ‘25 cropping will be remembered for all the wrong reasons for quite some time and it’s one we hope won’t be repeated! Can you believe that we are talking about next year’s cropping already? Where
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Increasing protozoa activity and enabling plants to efficiently utilise nutrients released by that protozoa development, is crucial for nutrient cycling and soil fertility, according to independent soil microbiology analysts. “Protozoa are the key indicator species for a well-balanced, biologically healthy biome, which interacts beneficially with the crops being grown, and are essential for earthworms to
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When phosphate prices rocketed three years ago, Cambridgeshire arable farmer Russell McKenzie faced the same dilemma as many growers: how to maintain crop performance while keeping a lid on input costs. Instead of simply absorbing the rising cost of Diammonium Phosphate (DAP), he decided to test whether biological alternatives could take its place. “This led
What needs to happen for regenerative farming to be commercially scaled and expanded? A panel at the recent World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit gave their views Written by Mike Abram Attempts to scale regenerative farming practices through the value chain must de-risk the financial transition for farmers, key representatives from major companies across the agri-processing, food,
Ocotober 2025 It is a year since my last piece in Direct Driller and what a year it has been! On the back of a reasonably good previous financial year and with the prospect of BNG money hitting our bank account, we decided to spend over half a million pounds and invest in a new
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As farming systems evolve, the demand for precision, efficiency and sustainability in crop establishment has never been greater. Drilling technology is at the heart of this transformation, and Amazone has long been recognised for pushing the boundaries of innovation. With the introduction of the Condor 8002-2C, 9002-2C and the Primera 6002-2C, Amazone is setting new
A low input, grass-based approach to sheep and dairy farming is producing delicious food and benefitting the soil and wildlife on two Pasture for Life farms. Former Pasture for Life director Sara Gregson paid them a visit Sheep farming in Kent Fidelity Weston has run her family’s 82-hectare mixed farm near Sevenoaks since the early
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Over a thousand attend Agroforestry Show after record-breaking drought A “growing movement” is recognising that trees can offer farm resilience and business opportunities in the face of extreme weather with more than a thousand people joining the Agroforestry Show. The Soil Association and Woodland Trust event brought farmers, foresters and environmentalists together at Woodoaks Farm
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