Direct Driller Magazine: Issue 22 Contents
Have a look at all the content in Issue 22 of Direct Driller Magazine
Issue 22July 2023
Direct Driller Issue 22 – Introduction
Written by MIke Donovan Many farmers experiment with seed varieties, fertiliser, chems, machinery, target dates… looking for ways to improve results. Some farmers post their results on The Farming Forum and other media so others can benefit. Others join groups such as AHDB’s Innovative Farmers Field Labs so specific problems can be answered. The Farm …
Agricultural Revolutions
Written by Chris Fellows Did you know we are currently in what is called the Fourth Agricultural Revolution? I’ve heard the phrase before, but I had to look up what the first three were. There is some variation, depending on what you read and where you live, but this is my summary of how the …
Featured Farmer – Andy Cato
July 2023 Colleymore is a National Trust farm that forms part of the Coleshill and Buscot estate. My family and I arrived here in 2021, having lived and farmed in France. Of the 295Ha, around ¼ is permanent grass. The rest is Grade 3 arable, predominantly clay. It shares the same characteristics as the clay …
How much do you understand your weather forecast?
Written by Simon Keeling from WeatherWeb “The bloody weather forecast has changed again!”; how often have those words passed your lips? It’s a refrain that most in agriculture will be familiar with and is among of the most potent forms of frustration on the farm. As forecasters, we hear that frustration too. Talking to farmers, …
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The myths around carbon standards
With a growing number of farmers looking to evaluate their carbon footprint, Trinity AgTech’s Anna Woodley providessome insight into the standards governing carbon and natural capital. The carbon and natural capital space is rapidly developing and provides farmers with a real opportunity to make their businesses more profitable and sustainable. But when it comes to …
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 replaceable coulter tip tine option for a number of the most popular seed drills that are currently in the marketplace. The objective is to give greater versatility to the farmer whilst saving money in wasted metal and delivering great seed …
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Farmer Focus – Andy Howard – July 23
As I sit here on the last day of May writing this article it is blowing a gale outside and has been for quite a long time now. Our soils have gone from drenched at the beginning of May to having the life sucked out of them at the end of the month. It really …
Foliar Nitrogen
As more growers use foliar nitrogen applications, Direct Driller picks out some practical tips about how to formulate mixtures for maximum efficacy from Joel Williams’ masterclass. Written by MIke Abram Foliar feeding potentially offers a more efficient and quicker route to get nitrogen into a crop, particularly later in the season, but it does come …
Proving the value of Conservation Agriculture in the UK
Written by Joe Stanley from the Allerton Project What it is to be ‘a good farmer’ in the UK is currently undergoing a transformation of grand proportions. Many will have spent much of their careers in the belief that farmed land was for one thing only – food production – and that soil health (to …
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