Leading UK independent agronomy company. Key early contributor to Direct Driller through wheat variety AMF trials, conservation agriculture agronomy support, and benchmarking collaboration.
Key Contributions to Direct Driller
Wheat Variety AMF Trial (Issue 2)
- Lottie Alves / ProCam trial on Essex no-till farm
- All wheat varieties form AMF associations, but KWS Bassett and KWS Silverstone showed highest colonisation
- March sampling: Silverstone 2-5× others; July: Bassett first, Silverstone second
- See Wheat Varieties and Mycorrhizal Fungi for full data
Richard Rawlings — Conservation Agriculture Agronomy
- ProCam agronomist working with Andrew Mahon — Bromborough Estate, Northamptonshire at Bromborough Estate
- Three trial areas: herbicides/blackgrass in DD, companion crop clover with wheat, PlantWorks bacterial product
- “I’m there as a sounding board… we are another head in the decision-making process”
Benchmarking
- Co-organised first European No-Till Benchmarking with Land Family Business and Groundswell Show and Conference (Issues 2-3)
Richard Harding
- ProCam agronomist who became DD content manager; later moved to Groundswell ([email protected] from Issue 19)
[Sources: dd-issue-02, dd-issue-03]
Related Pages
- Wheat Varieties and Mycorrhizal Fungi — ProCam AMF trial data
- Andrew Mahon — Bromborough Estate, Northamptonshire — ProCam agronomist support
- No-Till Economics — Benchmarking and Cost of Production — Benchmarking collaboration
- Groundswell Show and Conference — Benchmarking partnership