Reducing risk and building resilience are two of the strategies being deployed by farmer Andrew Pitts to respond to the environmental and geopolitical challenges that the last five years have presented the agricultural industry. Andrew will be part of the Farmer Panel at Agri-TechE’s 2023 REAP...
As I have done for a few years now, I sprayed off a grass field and direct drilled in a forage brassica mix. What I normally do once it's grazed off is, leave it a few weeks and spray glyphosate. Once that's had enough time to work I disc it, sow straight away and roll.
This year I am planning...
Growers and researchers have joined forces to add scientific rigour to the art of compost making in a bid to improve yields, soil, and plant health.
It is widely accepted that compost can help capture carbon, retain nutrients, and reduce the dependence on bought-in fertiliser by improving the...
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This report reviews the economic benefits that can be achieved from reduced tillage. There are opportunities to maximise yields and gross margins whilst making savings to labour, machinery and fuel costs. Often reduced tillage is used in combination with other pillars of conservation...
Forage rye could help maize growers combat shortfalls in availability of home-grown forage this winter
Ben Lowe, Agrii National Forage Product Manager
With drought status declared by the Environment Agency for large parts of the country this summer, many farmers are concerned about volumes of...
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Reduced tillage, often used in combination with other pillars of conservation agriculture, a wider rotation and continual soil cover, can create cost savings and improve crop margins. This report by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), with support from the Frank...
Good afternoon all,
I wanted to let you know that we've opened the Sustainable Farming Incentive for applications today.
You can find a summary of what's available in this initial rollout here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/a-summary-of-the-sfi-in-2022 - we'll be expanding the scheme to cover...
Written by cpm from CPM Magazine
Download PDF Soils are increasingly garnering attention from numerous industries besides agriculture, but the power to improve their resilience still lies in the hands of the farmer. CPM attended an Agrii briefing on its new strategy aimed at helping farmers do...
Written by William Kellett from Agriland
Agrii’s Throws Farm Technology Centre and Newcastle University Farms have become the latest two establishments to join the LEAF Network.
Launched today (October 13) as LEAF Innovation Centres, they join the UK wide ‘LEAF Network’ of farms and research...
Written by cpm from CPM Magazine
With many different cultivation options on the market, it’s important to match a new purchase with on-farm objectives. CPM gets advice on cultivation decisions from the experts, as well as looking at some of the most recent launches. It’s important to stop, take...
Written by William Kellett
There are many factors involved in sustainable agriculture and a special selection of seminars at the Cereals Event will explore how farmers can strengthen all the different pillars of sustainability.
From financial and mental strength, to healthy soils and the...
Soil Health - applications and opportunities for climate-smart farming, food security and environmental integrity
Written by Neil Douglas Fuller of the Atlas Sustainable Soil Programme
Soil health is a product of interactions between plant roots and the living fraction of the soil...
The Claydon direct strip seeding technique was developed to increase profit margins and yields whilst improving soil health and plant rooting. It is central to the Opti-Till® range of machinery for sustainable crop establishment, which includes straw harrows, light cultivators and inter-row...
Written by cpm
Download PDF Preparing land for potato planting will be tricky in many areas given the wet winter. CPM gets some timely advice and considers how soil resilience can be improved. Deep cultivations to 30cm or more are de-structuring soils. By Paul Spackman With the spring planting...
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