cover cropping

Dear All, I am currently studying in my final year at Harper Adams University. For my HRP (Honours Research Project)/dissertation I am focusing on the use and termination of cover crops on UK farms. Due to COVID we were encouraged to build surveys as our data collection method. The survey...

It’s Project Lamport week 5 and we join Agrovista Soil Health specialists Rob Purvis and Robert Wilkin, as they get to the bottom of some of your frequently asked questions. Chris Martin and Niall Atkinson share their knowledge on cover crops, cultivating with metal, changing attitudes towards...

ROLLING COVER CROPS - A RICH TECHNIQUE OF OPPORTUNITIES WITH MUCH STILL TO MASTER Written by Matthieu ARCHAMBEAUD, TCS Magazine No 64 September/October 2011 The research institute Agroscope of Changins in Switzerland (Canton of Vaud) has been conducting a trial since 1969 with four different...

Hello everyone! I am a masters student investigating the factors that influence farmers to use conservation agriculture or not and whether it is likely to become widespread. As well as interviews with farmers, researchers and (hopefully!) policy makers, the heart of the data will be responses...

This is for a final year assignment - so a fictional case study The assignment is to develop a 10 year integrated farm management plan. This is a group assignment, for which I'm covering the crop rotation. 194 ha farm, consisting of 10 fields. Fields 1 - 9 are all clay loam with a major...