Direct Driller Issue 28 – Contents
Inside this issue:
Issue 28July 2024
Welcome to the Groundswell 2024 Issue
We are thrilled it’s that time of year again, Groundswell 2024 issue. A special event dedicated to the transformative world of regenerativeagriculture. Groundswell, has become known as a beacon of innovation, knowledge sharing, and community building for farmers, the supplychain and practitioners dedicated to sustainable and resilient farming practices. This year’s event promises to be …
How will AI change farming?
It’s not a matter of if, but more how Artificial Intelligence (AI) will change the farming sector. But I’m not sure that robots will be the way it manifests itself in our live. For sure, it will introduce innovations that significantly enhance efficiency, productivity, and sustainability. But one of the primary ways AI is transforming agriculture is through better data processing that can be used by our current machinery.
Farmer Focus – John Cherry
I don’t want to bang on about the weather, but the farm here doesn’t look brilliant as a result of all the wet we’ve had these last few months. That and some poor management decisions in the autumn, leaving some undrilled land bare over winter and various late drilled fields succumbing to slugs and rooks …
Revolutionise Your Farm: How Trinity AgTech’s Sandy Empowers Farmers to Master Natural Capital
Introduction Last September, near Windsor Castle, where the Magna Carta was signed in 1215 heralding a new ‘Just Era for All’, Trinity and the Trinity Natural Capital Pro Council declared this “the Natural Capital Century.” This declaration recognises the value and the vital role of natural capital – the resources that sustain not only food …
The science behind bale grazing
As with many aspects of regenerative agriculture, farmers seeking UK-based research to confirm positive features seen in their fields from bale grazing, draw a blank. Sara Gregson reports on an Innovative Farmers Field Lab looking to address this. The list of benefits of outwintering beef cattle on bales of conserved forage that have been placed …
BASE UK at Cereals 2024
We are the premier organisation, dedicated to promoting independent, farmer led, regenerative agricultural knowledge across the UK. Our mission is to enhance soil health, increase biodiversity, and support businesses by embracing sustainable farming practices that benefit both farmers and the environment. After many months of preparation, the Direct Driller @Cereals event was a great success …
Farmer Focus – Elle Seville
Registered Animal Medicines Advisor & Agricultural Sales Specialist at StowAg I’m not from an agricultural background, but I’ve always lived in the countryside and I grew up with a small holding. My sister and I started breeding bantams and we had a small herd of goats which got me hooked! I spent years helping everywhere …
Water Focus – Affinity Water
Planting the seeds of tomorrow: Agroforestry project  Affinity Water has been working with local farmer, Tom Janaway, to explore how agroforestry can enhance soil health, crop productivity and the water environment. Direct Driller, delves into the project and what this means for the farm’s future. In the UK, catchment areas are predominantly agricultural land, …
Embracing Agroforestry for Climate Resilience and Sustainability
As reflected upon in my last piece, climate change will inevitably drive adaptation in the farmed landscape. This will range from an appreciation that heavily tilled, late drilled arable crops pose an unacceptable risk of being caught out by a wet autumn/winter season in almost any region and circumstance, to farms in certain catchments taking …
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