Scrambler
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- Leicestershire
McCain tv advert says their farmers are growing potatoes using regenerative farming methods. Is that possible?
Regenerative farming potatoes?
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ollie989898
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'So today on Countryfile we'll be taking a close look at some regenerative ploughing, some regenerative power-harrowing and then some regenerative bed-forming'.
Devil's advocate
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- Posh side of Barnsley
Friend of mine been head hunted to "work with" Mccain growers he has been on a lot of courses & seems happy.
alomy75
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Not to mention some regen harvesting and regen removal of foot-deep ruts full of stinky water
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- South Molton
Hindsight
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- Lincolnshire
Come down to the lower altitude of the fen and we will show you. All you need to do is tell us which adverb you wish to use and we will comply. 'Sustainably' seems good enough adverb to me. Other adverbs are available.
- Location
- North Yorkshire
kiwi pom
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- canterbury NZ
Do you know what they're doing?
So last year ord lad, keep up!
kiwi pom
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- canterbury NZ
How's the northern hemisphere version of their regen stuff going spud?
All a bit of a marketing, increase sales thing really but some reasonable ideas in it down here.
Not sure it should be called regen ag, but potatoes are a crop that needs to be grown to feed the planet. Can't just grow a bit of feed wheat and wildflowers, collect the government money and claim you're saving the planet.
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- Shropshire
How dare you!! @Clive et al helped put SFI/elms together to claim exactly that!!
kiwi pom
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- canterbury NZ
Good on them if it suits them, fortunately some people still grow spuds. They'll be a lot of hungry people without them.
I don't think there's anything wrong with trying to do the job better though, which I think they're aiming to do.
Everyone has a different idea of regen Ag, I think it should involve livestock, a lot of arable farmers don't.
i most definitely didn’t
but i will make the most of it rather than winging about it pointlessly
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they might want to start by offering growers more “sustainable “ prices ?
kiwi pom
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- canterbury NZ
I don’t know how UK contracts work as there’s always open market crop grown and even the potential of imports but I can assure you the growers down here wouldn’t sign a contract if it wasn’t profitable.