Two world-renowned soil health and cover crop experts will be speaking at the BASE-UK conference in February 2024, the farmer organisation has announced. Brazilian cover crop guru Dr Ademir Calegari, who has over 30 years of experience with no-till across farms of all sizes in South America and beyond is speaking on the first day …
A full picture of soil health can be captured by a new ‘scorecard’. AHDB technical content manager Jason Pole investigates. Not everything that matters can be measured. Not everything that can be measured matters. Wise words. Nobody would dispute that soil health matters. Now it can be measured. The soil health scorecard is the product …
Written by Thomas Gent, UK Market Lead for Agreena As part of a British farming family which has worked the land for generations, we have witnessed firsthand the shifts in weather patterns and the challenges they pose to our farming practices. The threat of climate change is no longer a distant concern; it’s an immediate …
About a year ago a whole new side of TFF was born – we called is Resources. The main part of the site, is know by most for it’s farmer-to-farmer content, but the new section was designed specifically for formal knowledge. Papers, trials, articles published from the wider industry to give farmers the formal and …
Three-year project to maximize ecosystem performance – eight project partners from four E.U. countries – DLG is professional partner and will communicate findings A group of eight professional partners has just launched the international “ConservES” project for research on increasing bioversity in intensive wheat farmland, without reducing yields. The DLG (German Agricultural Society) will contribute with …
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Written by Emma Adams on behalf of The Farm Carbon Toolkit The second in our series of farm walks was with David Miller in Hampshire. This year’s Arable Soil Farmer of the Year, David is keen to demonstrate how a regenerative system can be both simple and profitable even on challenging soils. Managing 700ha of …
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Pasture and Profit in Protected Landscapes is a free, farmer-led programme of farm walks, events and webinars open to everyone farming in the Protected Landscapes of Surrey Hills, High Weald and Kent Downs. The programme is being run by Pasture for Life in partnership with the Protected Landscapes. We believe that farmers learn best from …
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I can’t be certain when you will be reading this contribution to the UK’s formative regenerative publication, but what I do know is that most of you will be about to, or will just have, sat around the Christmas table with your family. It can be tricky territory. Especially if you are all working together …
Top Features for Farmers James Dale reviews the key features and benefits of the Dale Drills range which tick the boxes for his customers. Like 2021, 2022 has been another very busy year for Dale Drills, with sales of seed drills up on previous years. A growing interest in no-till and regenerative agriculture along with …
Written By Sarah Hill and originally published by No-Till Farmer in the USA The combination of a 3-way crop rotation, covers and grazing is resulting in big savings by reducing the number of tillage passes, increasing yields and improving soil health. Pictured Above: SHORT GROWING SEASON. No-tiller Kurt Stiefvater has a very short fall season to get cover …
