soil carbon

So I’ve sat and watched Tom Pembelton as normal for the bedtime routine. And he’s brought a product called supersoil. An organic fertiliser. Has anyone on here used this? Or know anyone that has?

The words of olly on ollys farm youtube channel in his video BREXIT A DISASTER FOR UK FARMING? i normally find him a bit childlike but this was actually an interesting watch about the effects of brexit, what are peoples thoughts on this? Are the smaller English farmers starting to feel the...

Among the many human activities that contribute to climate change, agriculture is one of the leading forces — commercial farming requires massive amounts of water, land, and unless it's an all-organic farm, pesticides. Per the USDA, the U.S. agriculture industry emitted 698 million metric tons...

Which labs are folks using for soil carbon testing? OR organic matter testing? How much does it cost? Our soils are all under grass so looking for guidance on sampling too (I am fully acquainted with depth guidance / W sampling pattern for standard P K Mg pH testing). TIA

Hedgerows, a common feature of farmed landscapes around the world, provide a number of ecosystem services, including the sequestration and storage of atmospheric carbon in both their own vegetation and the soil. However, since the 1960s, there has been a general decline in hedgerow length and...

Aye-up, I tidied up a rough corner of the yard two years ago. We then kept a couple of pigs on it and last summer I sowed some wild flower seeds on it. It looked nice in the autumn, but now it’s just a mass of docks. What will kill them but leave my wild flower mix? Cheers, Pete.

Soils contribute to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals through carbon sequestration. By enhancing soil health and fertility, soils can play a crucial role in climate action, land degradation neutrality, and alleviating hunger. The present study provides a spatially explicit...

Agriculture covers more than half of Earth’s terrestrial surface and contributes roughly one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. As the effects of climate change intensify and paths for limiting global warming narrow, lawmakers and environmental advocates have rallied behind “carbon...

Download PDF Aiming to connect farming systems, soils, people and technology, the inaugural Rootstock event in early February took on an almighty task. CPM went along to find out more. By Melanie Jenkins Situated amid the rolling Devon hills near Exeter, the first Rootstock event was a total...

Download PDF Making every bit of nutrition count is the name of the game. Results of a five-year study reveals some of the nutritional pitfalls when using averages to predict crop requirements. CPM finds out more. By Lucy de la Pasture The UK’s soil has far greater variability in its structure...

To shift from a significant emitter to a major mitigator of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, agriculture needs to change from the current dominant paradigm of chemically intensive, industrial/conventional systems to regenerative systems by focusing on plant biology and living soil sciences...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Is it time we had a major rethink about how we approach weeds? Renowned agroecologist and soil expert Nicole Masters certainly believes so. CPM gets some insight on why that is and how the information can be utilised by growers. By Emily...

Submission deadline of Wednesday Thread running in BFU section. BFU members please add your thoughts to that thread, or drop them on here. https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/efra-committee-call-for-evidence.386204/ https://committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evidence/3072/ Edit...

I've run a couple of these polls previously and now some of the detail has been released and it's all getting a bit closer, I thought it would be interesting to gauge opinion again and see if anything has changed. Same question as before: Based on your current understandings of the scheme...

From the business basics to having your own at home, Richard Smith, Senior Farms Manager at Daylesford Organic, talks us through some of the common questions on keeping chickens.⠀ ⠀ The 30 acre site where the chickens are housed at Daylesford has been integrated into an agroforestry system: the...

Things currently not looking too good for SW Water, and particularly not at their star site.

I haven't paid to view the full article, but just read the summary. Looks inconclusive??? Article here.... https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?resources/variable-impacts-of-reduced-and-zero-tillage-on-soil-carbon-storage.719/ Edit. Also read the other study (link in post No 5 in this...

Somewhere in the mists of my science education the only living things which absorb CO2 are plants. Never mind the 8 billion humans who exhale CO2, my cows and sheep are the main problem so we all need to eat less meat to save the planet. After all it is a ( slow-burning) emergency! Meanwhile...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland Rotational grazing, animal manures and agro-forestry can enhance soil health which in turn can play a “crucial role” in meeting climate action targets, according to a new report published by the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...

This Resource is designed to provide a perspective on regenerative agriculture that illuminates the complexity of implementation and system change within the agricultural industry. This perspective presents the current barriers within the agricultural industry system to an uptake of regenerative...