JOHN DEERE SIMPLIFIES OPERATIONS CENTER The new look, feel and navigation of the John Deere Operations Center make it easier to use and provide a more consistent user experience with the latest mobile version. The established MyOperations App for smartphones and tablets has been renamed Operations Center mobile and pairs well with the Operations Center …
Written by William Waterfield FBIAC NFSc. from the Farm Consultancy Group Are grazing livestock a perquisite of regenerative farming systems? Whilst this is a common thought and perhaps the holy grail for some regenerative farmers, there is little evidence to support this claim. Livestock certainly bring an extra dimension to the diversity of the system …
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Stones or Beatles? Oasis or Blur? Cereals or Groundswell? It’s a lazy way to categorise farmers but I’m not the first person to compare and contrast the diversity of ideas showcased at the two leading events for arable farming. An even cruder test would be to ask if our farming problems will be solved by …
Selling organic, ‘Pasture for Life’ food directly to consumers brings dividends for one farming family. Sara Gregson reports… First generation farmers Chris and Denise Walton have, over the past 40 years built an award-winning sustainable farm and butchery business, operating close to the Berwickshire coast in the Scottish Borders. “We always wanted to sell our …
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As I write at the end of February it is finally starting to feel like spring. I have even managed to go out without wellies and a coat for the first time in months. Since my last article in September, we have had rain, lots of it! 650mm since 24th of September. Parts of the …
REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE – THE NEXT STEP FOR THE WHOLE SUPPLY CHAIN Written by Rebecca Hesketh, Agriculture Manager for Fresh Produce at Waitrose & Partners Many of us are asking whether this point in history is one we will look back on as when a ‘shift’ occurred in our system that changed the course of lives …
SUBMISSION TO FARM CONTRACTOR & LARGE SCALE FARMER Customer-first philosophy sustains fifty years of growth UK agriculture has seen considerable change in the past fifty years, with advances in farm machinery technology arguably one of the greatest examples of progress. Alongside massively increased working widths and capacities, the industry has seen innovation in techniques, significant …
while listening to Radio 1) John Aynsley, runs a 1,302ha mixed farm near Saltburn-by-the-Sea in the north east of England. Barn Farm with 566 ha of arable cropping in a predominantly cereals rotation has recently seen a system change to direct drilling. The transition has been followed and directed by the local AHDB Monitor Farm …
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Importance Earthworms improve plant productivity, are principally responsible for engineering the soil environment and are an important food source for native birds such as the song thrush. There are up to 10 common earthworm species in agricultural soils and these can be grouped into three ecological types: epigeic, endogeic and anecic earthworms – each group …
Last autumn, the annual Agri-TechE REAP conference was held virtually, sharing technological ideas from people and companies innovating at the frontier of agriculture. The keynote speaker, supported by AHDB, at the event was David R. Montgomery, whose remit was to discuss how soil linked into the conference theme of “From micro-scape to landscape – innovating …
