Spring Hope Sitting here writing this on April Fool’s Day, a full nine months since my last article, I’m wondering if I am the fool for believing farming was improving! The farm seems to have fared well through the winter in general. A nice, easy autumn, so we should be happy. Well, I was until […]
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Written by James Warne from Soil First Farming “Feed the soil” is one of those phrases that sounds faintly virtuous, like taking a cardigan to the theatre or remembering to write thank-you letters. You hear it and think, yes, quite right, very sensible. Though what it actually involves, and why we’ve not been doing it
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A rumination on scale in three songs I’ve got a brand new combine harvester, ‘an I’ll give you the key. Come on now let’s get together In perfect harmony. I’ve got twenty acres, an’ you’ve got forty-three. I’ve got a brand new combine harvester, an’ I’ll give you the key. I am sure that this
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Over the past thirty-five years, the Allerton Project has been at the forefront of many developments in how we now manage the farmed landscape. In that time, we’ve collected a huge volume of often quixotic data on everything from farmland bird and insect numbers to the rooting depths of plants under different biostimulant treatments. However,
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Dog & Stick – Survival Mode Apr 2026 For many arable farms, good management on its own is no longer enough. Right now, combinable cropping feels increasingly like a high-stakes gamble, and survival may depend less on pushing forward and more on stripping the business back to the basics. There are times in farming when
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It is more accessible and affordable than ever before, but do you know your RGB from your NDVI? Jonathan Trotter from Agrii delves into the details of satellite crop scanning Unprecedented access to satellite imagery is giving growers a clearer and timelier picture of what is happening in crops throughout the season. Different types of
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If, like me, you wondered if Mzuri had stopped all production and was going to fade away, read on. When I first heard the news that Mzuri were stopping production in the UK, naturally, I was gutted. Although they are still providing spares and support, I tried to plan what to do next. The Mzuri
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It is that time of year again. As we look ahead to the 1st and 2nd of July, anticipation for Groundswell 2026 is building. What began in 2016 as a modest gathering of 500 farmers in a barn at Lannock Manor Farm has evolved into the UK’s flagship event for regenerative agriculture. Born out of
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In line with their no-till mantra, AerWorx offers up a drill that is straightforward, efficient and competitively priced. The AerWorx VIPER series, which attracted much attention at Groundswell 25, will again be on display at this year’s show. Suitable for grassland and arable use, the drill can accommodate a variety of seed sizes from clover
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Another two Groundswell Session summaries from Mike Abram’s Regenerative Farmer Substack newsletter. Telling the regenerative story in the media Some brilliant advice on how to tell the regenerative farming story in the media, whether on TV, in a podcast or on social media from those who are doing it successfully Location: Groundswell FestivalSeminar: Telling the Regenerative Story:
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