groundswell

In the time I have been a reader of Direct Driller Magazine, I have learnt a lot from the magazine’s content. While at the fantastic Groundswell event, Chris Fellows persuaded me to write a contribution to the magazine, which I am more than happy to do to give something back, so here is my...

Each section of the ‘Farm of the Future: Journey to Net Zero’ Pre-COP26 Briefing Paper – October 2021 has a vision of how farming might adapt to the wider challenges posed by climate change, followed by a narrative and policy insights on: farm and land resource management; low carbon and...

It is becoming clear that farming in partnership with the environment is key to increasing the long-term resilience of food production. Increasingly, evidence demonstrates that agriculture can be improved by moving away from input dependency and embracing nature-based solutions, which also...

Direct Driller Magazine Issue 19 Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Reading More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Featured...

Hi all, I'm conducting research for an article (for a leading UK media platform) about the impact of pesticide exposure to farmer health. I'm also interested in how pesticides may affect the health of those living in close proximity to farms. Is anybody experiencing any physical / mental...

Anyone following?

After 6 years of min till and regen type activity we grew a good crop of blackgrass in the wheat this year. Going to plough later on for spring barley but I thought that I would try to grow as much as possible by making a grass seedbed. Nothing at all grew since harvest of the wheat finished...

Written by Rubina Freiberg from Agriland Farmers in New Zealand have engaged in nationwide protests today (Thursday, October 20), against proposals by the government to introduce a levy on agricultural emissions. Protests across Auckland and Wellington led by grassroots group, Groundswell NZ...

My mind wondered off on one today whilst cleaning out a ditch, having time to question things just for the sake of questioning things. We pay our AHDB levy, and they do what they do with the income. No choice. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with how AHDB spend the cash (another topic...

Saturday’s Farming Today on radio 4 had the above headline. Apparently it could mean the end of SFI and ELMS.

What's in it for them? Idly flicking through the pages of chemical prodictIon monthly or whatever today's offering is, it seems to me there is a relatively small number of farmers who seem to get noticed and whose faces become quite familiar. Was it ever thus? They might, for instance stand...

Horrified this morning to read reports in media that government supposedly considering trashing ELMs etc and returning to area based subsidy payments. Seems to be a misguided notion out there that Food production and care for the environment are mutually exclusive !.............. Just thinking...

No-till potatoes grown under a straw mulch could help farmers to restore degraded arable soils cost-effectively if used as a cash crop within a regenerative cropping rotation, according to ProCam agronomist Richard Harding. Presenting results from a four year trial at the recent Groundswell...

Diverse species swards that fulfil Stewardship requirements can be used to rejuvenate soils whilst also generating good returns from forage production. This was the message from Field Options at Groundswell 2021, with the company highlighting results from its own dedicated trials programme for...

Zac has lost the environment job. Good thing or bad thing? And who will replace him?

As I mentioned on a chat I am going to keep this thread updated with our journey on our new farm with things we are trying and progress attempting to be made. Moving day was September 1st with 3 cattle lorries and one flat bed of an ugly load to get our things here. 1 cattle attic got into the...

UK farmers announce a self imposed moratorium on carbon trading. Our carbon is not for sale. If you want us to hand it over as part of our dealings with you, tough. "But it's too late". No it isn't. Not if we do this now. Yes, or no ?

Has anyone got experience of the Horizon DSX. It’s new to the market but has some smart ideas across the drill and £/m seems reasonable. Just wanted to know if those ideas and cost actually come together to make a decent direct drill. I’m on clay ground and looking to drill into a mixture of...

The Understanding Ag team are over in the UK next month for an event up North organised by RAM and 3LM (the UK Savory Hub). They have a spare day (Saturday, October 15th) so they're coming here to the Groundswell farm to run an all day workshop for 300 attendees. This is by way of a heads up to...

Why don’t some TFF members, put the county where they live on their Avatar? What are they hiding /guilty of , for goodness sake TFF is only a forum for people with countryside interest .