Introduction
Mike Donovan
Many thanks to all those farmers who made contact with favourable comments about Direct Driller Issue 1. The challenge of creating a new magazine that farmers want to read cover to cover is one which is very close to my heart. It is a vital topic is of major importance to everyone.
You’ll find a lot of hands-on practical advice in these pages which will help you achieve success. Success in anything involves knowledge, experience and application, and here you have a valuable source of the first two of these.
The strap line reads “The Future of Your Soils” and it is becoming clear that soil condition will very much be the future of many farms, both in the UK and abroad. With the majority of the content about improving your soils. The first issue of Direct Driller included informative articles on systems of reduced tillage, and this second issue is larger and leads on well from the first. I am confident you will not only find it a cover-to-cover read, but also something you’ll keep.
Finally, we want to hear from our readers: feel free to contact us with your direct drilling experiences and knowledge. Thank you for your support!
Mike Donovan - Editor of Direct Driller Magazine and Practical Farm Ideas Magazine.
Inside this months Magazine you will find articles on:
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Modern Wheat Varieties
Making Your own Compost
Farmer Focus: Alex Shutes @Shutesy
Influence of Cutting Height on Stubble Management
Featured Farmer: Steve Lear
Leaving the Comfort Zone
Robots doing Direct Drilling
Direct Driller goes International
Would you like to Write for Driect Driller?
Cover Crop Species
Using Peas as an Agronomic Weeding Tool
A Farming Step Change
Farmer Focus: Tom Sewell
Grazing Crop Residues
Is Rape ready for a Revival?
Farmer Focus: Andrew Howard
Direct Drilling content on The Farming Forum
Groundswell 2018
Direct Drilling back in the 1970s
Are we mining the Soil?
Is Glyphosate the 4th Pillar of Conservation Agriculture
Rolling Cover Crops
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