It's all very well us zealots bigging up no-till for whatever reason, saving the planet, flood prevention, healthy soils, cost saving or what else floats your boat, but if we're losing money then we're not going to encourage many 'conventional' farmers to give it a go. So Groundswell have teamed up with Procam (through Richard Harding) and Churchgates Land Family Business (ie Gary Markham) to create a benchmarking template to compare what no-tillers are achieving financially against Churchgates' existing client base.
Gary will be launching the project at the Procam autumn CA conference next Thursday in Baldock. Initially we are looking to create a group of 12 farmers to furnish Gary with selected details from their accounts, which he will pool together to give an average to use for benchmarking. The plan is that the group will meet quarterly on a members farm and share ideas and information with each other, so we'll get something back for our input...
The preliminary results that Gary has come up are quite surprising. It's going to be an interesting Conference, book your tickets now!
Gary will be launching the project at the Procam autumn CA conference next Thursday in Baldock. Initially we are looking to create a group of 12 farmers to furnish Gary with selected details from their accounts, which he will pool together to give an average to use for benchmarking. The plan is that the group will meet quarterly on a members farm and share ideas and information with each other, so we'll get something back for our input...
The preliminary results that Gary has come up are quite surprising. It's going to be an interesting Conference, book your tickets now!