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Featured Farmer – John Farrington

Farm Facts245 Ha plus 40 Ha WoodlandArable, Sheep and DiversificationCrops: Wheat OSR Oats Maize Spring Beans MiscanthusRainfall: 850-900mm average. Last 3 years 1200mm.Soils: Sandy Loam, “Hungry” Soil, Low CEC and Low OM In the time I have been a reader of Direct Driller Magazine, I have learnt a lot from the magazine’s content. While at …

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Plowman’ s Folly – Part 1

Soil Health / By Direct Driller

By Edward H. Faulkner With a Foreword by S. Graham Brade-Birks M.Sc. (Manc.), D.Sc. (Lond.), of the SouthEastern Agricultural College (University of London), Wye, Kent. First published 1945 Traditions of the Plough The answer to the question, Why do farmers plough? should not be difficult to arrive at. Ploughing is almost universal. Farmers like to …

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