Have a look at all the content in Issue 22 of Direct Driller Magazine
Covering Soils with Direct Driller Magazine (20th Sept 23)
Join us at “Covering Soils” – featuring discussions & demonstrations relating to cover crops, drill…
Direct Driller Magazine: Issue 22 Contents
Have a look at all the content in Issue 22 of Direct Driller Magazine
Direct Driller Issue 22 – Introduction
Written by MIke Donovan Many farmers experiment with seed varieties, fertiliser, chems, machinery, target dates……
Agricultural Revolutions
Written by Chris Fellows Did you know we are currently in what is called the…
Featured Farmer – Andy Cato
July 2023 Colleymore is a National Trust farm that forms part of the Coleshill and…
How much do you understand your weather forecast?
Written by Simon Keeling from WeatherWeb “The bloody weather forecast has changed again!”; how often…
The myths around carbon standards
With a growing number of farmers looking to evaluate their carbon footprint, Trinity AgTech’s Anna…
Replaceable coulter tip tines reduce metal wastage and so much more!
Bourgault Tillage Tools UK have been working hard Over the winter months to develop a…
Farmer Focus – Andy Howard – July 23
As I sit here on the last day of May writing this article it is…
Foliar Nitrogen
As more growers use foliar nitrogen applications, Direct Driller picks out some practical tips about…
Proving the value of Conservation Agriculture in the UK
Written by Joe Stanley from the Allerton Project What it is to be ‘a good…
High silt content soils make for a slow drilling transition
After five years of cover crops and reduced tillage cultivations, Kent farm manager Dom Hughes…
Companion cropping in OSR appears to reduce herbicide losses to water
Affinity Water has been working with local farmer, Rob Fox, to investigate the role of…
Cultivation will improve your soil structure
Written by James Warne from Soil First Farming Many years of looking at soil proves…
The Regen/Organic Conundrum from a Farmer’s viewpoint
By Wilfred Mole, Lower Pertwood Farm, Wiltshire. The debate continues between arable farmers worldwide who…
The Transformative Power of Soil Carbon: A Case Study with Agricarbon
Written by Harry Kamilaris from Agricarbon Soil carbon has emerged as a transformative force in…
Testing season highlights the need for well managed cultural controls
If ever there was a year to highlight the need for flexibility and the adoption…
Farmer Focus – Tom Sewell – July 2023
Well, it’s always interesting sitting down to write an article and thinking of things to…
What a difference a year makes!
Coping with the ups and downs of the farming industry necessitates being as efficient as…
Fish Hydrolysate: A new way to add traditional support to your crops
As margins are ever more squeezed on farm, over the last twelve months we have…
My Nuffield Journey
By Toby Simpson NSch @tjsimpson Cast your mind back to January 2021, that particularly cold,…
New model Novag T-ForcePlus 250
No-till with low initial weight and the flexible ballasting Novag is expanding its product portfolio…
It’s all about the Soil
Written by Dick Neale from Hutchinsons It’s all about the soil – this is now…
Easing the Transition
Written by Mark Shaw from Gaiago While financial and environmental pressures mount, so does our…
Farmer Focus – Thomas Gent – July 2023
Completing my last ever BPS application last month really got me thinking about the financial…
Simtech becomes Fentech Agri
Fentech Agri Ltd was established to incorporate the Simtech direct drill company into a more…
Light Stimulation Boosts Seed Germination
By Dan Crummett from No Till Farmer USA Magazine Light-energy treatment developed to kill weed…
Farmer Focus – David Aglen – July 2023
Written 1st June 2023 Trials and learnings of livestock integration at BHF. So, calving happened,…