Fentech Agri introduces major changes
Fentech Agri has introduced some major changes into its product range. See more of Fentech Agri at Direct Driller at Cereals in June 2024
cover crops
Horizon’s vision begins with the soil
Horizon tells us all about their commitment to design and manufacture of innovative products. See more of Horizon at Direct Driller at Cereals in June 2024
After one year away from the UK, Novag is back in the game!
Great to see Novag Sas back in the game after taking some time out…
See more of Novag at Direct Driller at Cereals in June 2024
Time-saving crop establishment crucial
Claydon Drills give us an update on the wash out during drilling and the importance of soil resilience.
See more of Claydon Drills at Direct Driller at Cereals in June 2024
Why a French farm has turned predominantly to livestock
On a recent BASE-UK trip to France, a visit to Christophe Piou’s farm showed how you don’t have to follow the herd to be successful By Mike Abram Surrounded by high value vegetable production and arable farms in the Loire Valley is what is now predominantly a livestock farm. It wasn’t always that way. When …
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Allerton Project
Written by Joe Stanley, Head of Sustainable Farming, at The Allerton Project I was recently invited to speak at the North of England Farming Conference at Hexham in Northumbria, with a wide brief to cover anything forward-thinking which ticked the box for both environmental and financial sustainability. Weeks in advance I had submitted my presentation …
Farmer Focus – Andrew Jackson
Dec 2023 – As we are all aware, this autumn has been especially wet. Although we are not a big farm and most probably, we have a drill capable of sowing twice our area, I would like to report that the principles of direct drilling and regenerative farming do work. We are all sown up …
Farmer Focus – Andy Howard
Dec 2023 Like all farmers I am an eternal optimist and have decided to roll the dice again with another year of cropping. Things will be better next year? Hopefully! This autumn I think we have been lucky down in Kent. I didn’t start raining until the 12th of October and the soils were very …
Relentless rain creates significant challenges
This year’s numerous challenges continued into autumn on the Claydon family’s arable farm in Suffolk, writes Jeff Claydon, who invented the Opti-Till® direct strip seeding system. Date: 27 November 2023.      What a difference a year makes! I started my last article for Direct Driller, written on 29 August, by suggesting that further agronomic, meteorological, …
Farmer Focus – Tom Sewell
Dec 2023 This summer my eldest 2 children sat their A-Levels and GCSE exams. Both did very well and their grades have earned them places at their chosen University and sixth form to continue their studies. Last year I spent quite a few days taking Emma, my eldest, to University open days. It was fascinating …