https://phys.org/news/2023-05-farms-world-declining.html
while not news to us, it does throw out some interesting observation's.
the remark, small farms farm 25% of the land, but produce 30% of the food was telling.
do you actually think there is any way to change the trend? if yes what?
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Soil conditions are nothing new, but a new five-year trial highlights the benefits of improved soil health across the rotation.
CPM finds out more.
By Rob Jones
Soil health has risen to the top of the agenda in recent years, with many farmers reducing tillage to promote the...
One of the key questions for farmers today is whether to continue using a plough. Land has been ploughed to grow crops for thousands of years. Arguably, urban societies and civilisation itself, owe their existence to the plough. But ploughing can damage soil structure and biological life. Soil...
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland
Red Stag Media, a UK-based public relations and marketing agency devoted to agricultural-related businesses, has recently put together a report on the future of agricultural machinery which carries many insights and interesting ideas.
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Use of autonomous vehicles in arable and horticultural systems could allow a move to use of smaller vehicles in farming, which would achieve greater precision while reducing soil compaction caused by large machinery.
Speaking at the RASE Farm of the Future event in April 2023, Mr. Kit...
It’s a harvest day in early August at Elveden Farms. An early potato crop is being lifted. Onions are being laid on top of the soil for a few days before being taken in, a way to reduce drying costs and energy use. The main focus of this sizeable modern farm is root vegetables – potatoes...
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland
Any notions that organic farmers are somewhat detached from the mainstream and place idealism above sound business sense are soon dispelled when visiting the farm of Jac and Cornelis Eck of the Netherlands.
The father and son duo have been running their...
The report suggests that targeted agri-environment support for liming of improved grassland could mitigate the flooding risk
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Scientists have warned that flooding could worsen unless liming practices on uplands are maintained, and...
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland
Kuhn has launched the Lexis 3800, a new high capacity trailed sprayer that is said to be compact and lightweight although still capable of carrying up to 4,000L.
The new machine has a 3800L nominal capacity and takes its place at the top of the Lexis...
Has anyone had good or bad success with stitching new grass seed into an existing high input/output silage sward? We have a block of land in its 5th year ley, fairly open sward with no thatch due to the hybrid/perennial ryegrass mix but it has thinned a bit and we want to rejuvenate it. It's...
Im sure alot of people have seen the phenomenon when spraying, you kill weeds them more grow next year etc, ive seen it a bunch but never understood why, im guessing now its becuase them chemical kills the microbes and the only thing that will grow is weeds?
Ive sprayed gras out on drains with...
I ask the above as I drive by some fields that have been direct drilled from 2012 autumn,and I have to say that this spring those fields look to be as waterlogged as much as they were pre 2012.
So although direct drilling may be increasing the organic matter of the top few inches, it looks to me...
AMAZONE is now offering the Tyrok 400 semi-mounted reversible plough for on land ploughing. The Tyrok Onland provides a high level of flexibility as a result of the quick and easy change between either on land or in-furrow operation. The new models are offered with a choice of 7, 8 or 9 furrows...
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Soil conditions are nothing new, but a new five-year trial highlights the benefits of improved soil health across the rotation. CPM finds out more.
By Rob Jones
Soil health has risen to the top of the agenda in recent years, with many...
The Netherlands is committed to developing a sustainable and highly productive food system, with less use of fertilisers, water and pesticides, and more biodiversity and crop diversity. To help achieve this goal, WUR is conducting research into ecological arable farming systems based on strip...
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