No-till remains the most exciting, and challenging, development in global farming today. My six years of continuous and enthusiastic journalism on the subject has come at a time of an ever-increasing flow of information. For notillers and those contemplating it, knowledge is essential. However there’s another challenge: getting information into the world of farm supplies …
Written by Mark Measures BSc. (Hons.), IOTA (Accredited), ARAgS, Churchill Fellow 2017 of the Organic Research Centre,first Published July 2018 SOM is important and that poor rotations and lack of organic matter inputs might be something to do with their poor soil structure and static or declining yields. Organic farmers have always believed that SOM …
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DAVID WHITE – HAWK MILL FARMS Farming 160ha of combinable crops on light “boys” land over chalk between Cambridge and Newmarket, I’ve just had my third direct drilled harvest. I’m 100% combinable having been a sugar beet grower since the days of hand hoeing as well as offering a drilling and harvesting service with a …
Dr C John Baker, Feilding, NZ If you want to start a pub debate amongst farmers, try telling them which direct drilling (no-tillage) opener is the best. Everyone has an opinion. Here are some of the problems that direct drilling openers have to cope with, plus summaries of what published science and field practice tells …
Written by Maxime Barbier. First Published in TCS Magazine N°97 in March 2018 With the list of agrochemicals that is available to agriculture constantly shrinking and a threat hanging over the use of glyphosate, there is a growing interest more and more in alternative weeding solutions. All over the world many alternatives are being investigated; …
ALTERNATIVE WEED CONTROL – A WORLD WITHOUT GLYPHOSATE BUT WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES? Read More »
HORSCH PRONTO NT EXPANDS SEED DRILL FAMILY Available in 6m, 8m and 9m working widths, the Horsch Pronto NT features the well-proven TurboDisc doubledisc coulter at 20cm row spacing in combination with a compact, leading wavy disc, making it ideal for low disturbance drilling and direct seeding. Operational speeds up to 20kph allow for a …
The third annual Groundswell No-Till Show and Conference took place at Lannock Manor Farm on 27th and 28th June at Lannock Manor Farm attended by over 1,200 farmers, landowners and other delegates with a shared interest in soil health. The theme of the conference was health, the idea being that health is fundamental for soil, …
Interesting things? My experiences so far with the Ma/ Ag direct drill, if you want to direct drill then some thought must be given to the system well before you even have a demo. Yes we can drill into almost anything from last year’s crop aftermath to fully cultivated seedbeds. Direct drills, especially low disturbance …
Written by Steve TownsendThink you have your soil fertility mastered? Well-read on about possibly the most misunderstood soil scientist Dr WilliamAlbrecht, skip this article and you could be missing something I don’t think there is anybody in agriculture more misunderstood or misquoted than Dr William Albrecht, who was emeritus professor of soils at the University …
Article adapted from a presentation given by Cotswold Seeds MD Ian Wilkinson at this year’s Groundswell event In 2016, the NFU reported the biggest year-on-year fall in farm profitability since the millennium, as farmers deal with the impact of devastating cuts in the value of their products and the rising prices of nitrogen fertiliser. There …
PUT THE BIG ‘G’ – GRASS – BACK INTO YOUR FARMING SYSTEM Read More »
