5th July 2019 – How to move towards net zero carbon emissions in FarmingVenue: Fir Farm, Lower Swell, Gloucestershire. Generously hosted by Sir Alan and Lady Parker. A new event has been organised by the Sustainable Food Trust with support from the NFU. The event will explore the unique ability of farming systems to address …
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There has been a bit of a backlash towards conservation agriculture methods in the media of late. Mostly from two camps of people. Those that are afraid of trying it and those that are afraid we might succeed…. When we first started our journey into no-till I was a little bit worried about row spacings …
In 2017, AGCO Group bought the American company Precision Planting, a company that specialises in the agronomicaspects of plant growth, in particular the establishment of crops. The product range includes technologies for optimising maize, sunflower, and sugar beet planting. Precision Planting solutions presented their drills for the first time in Europe at the Fendt Field …
Written by Miranda Prendergast-Miller, as based on information found on Agricology (www.agricology.co.uk) Above: Grass-clover ley (Photo credit: M. Prendergast-Miller, SoilBioHedge) Earthworms have been in the news recently, with new data confirming that earthworm numbers are low in UK arable soils due to intensive ploughing, repeated soil disturbance and low soil organic matter. Earthworms are important …
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TALES FROM A BUSY SPRINGBy James Dale June will see Dale Drills showing at the Cereals and Groundswell shows, where we will be demonstrating our range of direct drills as well as showing our new low disturbance sub soiler; the Meir SC. This spring saw several new drill sales including our first machine in Norway. …
By Frank Lessiter of No-Till Farmer USA Because of serious weed concerns with the area’s over 10 million acres of wheat and barley grown with extremely limited rainfall, Western Australia is the herbicide-resistance capital of the world. Two of the biggest herbicide resistance concerns for Western Australian notillers are annual ryegrass and wild radish, which …
Going into my second year as a farmer I feel a lot more confident than I did last year. I have learned what soils I have, what challenges I face, and the exciting times ahead for UK agriculture and decided on a long-term approach to improve my soil health. This year we are growing Sugar …
Direct Driller Magazine’s Farmer Focus writer David White arranged this visit following an invitation from David Purdy. On behalf of the Base members who were able to attend, grateful thanks go to David Purdy for hosting us as well as Craig Morgan, Niall Atkinson and Philip Wright for taking the time to share their expertise. …
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Just like growing cereals most people assume you need to do some form of cultivation to establish a cereal crop, or physically plant tubers into a loose soil to produce a viable potato crop? The Groundswell potato trial set out to showcase an alternative technique. The resulting crisps produced from the 2018 potato harvest are …
By James Warne of Soil First Farming Drilling is the only operation you have to really influence the crop you harvest later, if the establishment is poor you areconstantly playing a game of catch-up. Get it right and suddenly the husbandry of the crop becomes ever so much easier. I appreciate that sounds obvious and …
