Written by Thomas Preuße, Chief Editor “DLG-Mitteilungen” and DLG-Agrifuture Magazine Forgoing glyphosate will increase the demands made on the cultivation system as a whole. It is vital to minimisethe pressure caused by weeds overall. Replacing glyphosate with one single alternative measure is therefore barelyconceivable, especially in systems that do not involve the use of ploughs. …
LET’S TALK OILSEED RAPE. Mzuri Trial Farm Manager and Knowledge Exchange Officer, Ben Knight talks abouthow Oilseed Rape still offers growers excellent opportunities. “Once the much-loved favourite of the British grower, the humble Oilseed Rape crop has fallen out of favour in recent years for its inconsistent establishment and relentless pressure from pests. However despite …
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 …
In recent years, NIAB have been conducting research to help growers manage their oilseed rape crops in the presence of Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle (CSFB). We are all aware of the fact that in most of England, the area of this crop has been decimated and UK wide, we are now growing half the area …
WEAVING DEBUTS NEW BRITISH-MADE GD3001T 3M TRAIL DISC DRILL We at Weaving Machinery always listen to what our farmers need, so we can continue offering innovative machinery at affordable prices. This approach has resulted in the launch of our new GD3001T to meet demands from farmers for a scaled-down version of larger trail models. The …
Herefordshire farmer John Joseph writes: In the January edition of Direct Driller, I was impressed by the article ‘Regenerative Agriculture…. Fad or system’ (William Waterfield) because it showed how useful this system is becoming and it took me back to my youth, (which is a challenge) when what we refer to as Conventional agriculture was …
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 …
“It’s not about the machinery”, except once you get into cover crops and producing larger ones it is about machinery because without a drill that can cope with big volumes of vegetation cash crop establishment is compromised. An interesting video worth seeking out in the YouTube Horsch Live series showing on Feb 24th https://youtu. be/OoifwgXbEZ0 …
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 …
I’m finally and Agroforester! It has been 5 years in the making, but we have finally planted our first 16 hectare field of Agroforestry. We decided to do most of the work ourselves and I am so pleased we did. Farming has become quite an isolated world of technology, screens, twitter and stress along with …
