regen ag

A group of 35 cereal growers have provided more than 4,200 hectares of farmland to help boost nature, with a new report showing their hard work is paying off. Farmers growing oats for Jordans Cereals manage 28% of their land for wildlife, which is collectively an area the size of over 6,000...

What breeds of sheep would suit a regenerative grazing approach, obviously a shedder but is an easycare the answer or something like a wiltshire horn more suitable for a hardy type grazer of more rough pasture?

I like these articles - this one from the Telegraph. Those who jumped on the bandwagon are about to be burnt - and sizzled and fried as well Matthew Lynn 26 June 2022 • 12:00pm It was healthier. It was better for the planet. And it freed up resources to be used elsewhere. Re-wind...

Written by cpm from CPM Magazine Download PDF Farming is experiencing a paradigm shift, with increasing emphasis on measuring and improving biological systems rather than relying heavily on external artificial inputs. But how can these be accurately and consistently measured? CPM reports from...

Who's growing it, and what are the up/down sides. I'm wondering about feeding it to young stock and restricted to sucklers along with straw. TIA

As above. I would have thought that the traditional mixed farming system ,utilising Grass leys for livestock, and then planting cereals into those leys is the same as regenerative farming :scratchhead: I am obviously missing something?? Is it the economics of the system , especially if one is...

I was confused when I heard the interview live, and having listened again I think she was saying; Farmers must not cut production, maybe increase it. The government may need to intervene in the gas price. Farmers have passed on some of the price increase but retailers need to absorb some of the...

Would there be any interest from anyone if I tried to organise a day at Knepp Castle the day before Groundswell? (21st June) - thinking of maybe enquiring to do a visit for hairy arsed farmers and maybe could get under the skin of it a bit more? If there was enough interest it may not even be...

It's a bit early really, but we've just started selling tickets to this years show (22/23rd June 2022). Every year I tell everyone that they shouldn't hang about too long as we're going to sell out and this years no different. We've got room this year for a few more (post covid), but there's a...

Innovation to overcome regen ag challenges ON-FARM challenges faced when transitioning to regenerative agriculture, and how to overcome them, were explored during a recent webinar hosted by agri-tech innovation centre, CHAP. Welcoming more than 100 farmers, agronomists, researchers and...

Innovation to overcome regen ag challenges ON-FARM challenges faced when transitioning to regenerative agriculture, and how to overcome them, were explored during a recent webinar hosted by agri-tech innovation centre, CHAP. Welcoming more than 100 farmers, agronomists, researchers and...

For some reason I can't post the video if someone can please do. Go to about 48 mins in and there is a farmer called Angus from Yorkshire who Is not using fungicides but concentrating on plant health and nutrition. I find this very interesting as we did some on farm trials and saw very similar...

We all like to have a moan about the yellow peril, but I've been really impressed in the last few months how its coverage is changing from advising farmers to spend a fortune on inputs and machines to actually farm better. The current edition (11th Feb) even starts off with a puff for the BASE...

What is it about straw buyers that thinks they don'y need to pay or can run their business on my cashflow ? happens over and over, diferent buyers same sob stories, without doubt the worst payers in British farming next time a livestock farmer wonders why so much straw is chopped this is the...

Supported by ADAS and in collaboration with the British Ecological Society, the British Society of Soil Sciences welcomed Dr Anne Bhogal and Professor Richard Bardgett to present their expert knowledge on the topic of regenerative agriculture. Dr Anne Bhogal's talk, ‘Soil organic matter: the key...

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Hi there were going to be putting in 40-50 acre herbal Ley this spring, for grazing and some small bales. Just after top tips dos and don'ts and variety recommendations for our seed mix. Medium to heavy clay ground kent

Trying to get my head around this . Surface area "Per metric ton" , so what rate of prilled would be needed to match a ground rate of 5ton a hec. Never used prilled so no idea on how much a ton even costs compared to a bulk wagon tipped for a lime spreader but surely the cost of a prilled...

Any FM members got their head around the above. ? didn`t get to any of the meetings about it.

Farm Facts: Ed Reynolds 327ha arable farm in west Cambridgeshire growing combinable crops on clay The land is 71% owned, 29% contract farming agreement 1 fulltime employee, 0.5 myself + casual staff at harvest When I started farming there were two choices: conventional and organic. We were...