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A failure of traditional research is that it can be difficult to translate into farming practice. Increasingly farmers are taking research into their own hands and the Innovative Farmers programme is helping them do this. CPM takes a closer look. There’s such an experimental spirit in farming. By Lucy de la Pasture There’s an old proverb that says, ‘one man’s tonic is another man’s poison’. The same is true when it comes to farming systems – what’s right for one farm may be totally wrong for another and this can make interpreting the results of formal research in a way that’s meaningful at farm level difficult at best. Consequently, more and more farmers are using on-farm trials to find answers to some of the more pressing problems they face, says AHDB’s Emily Pope. “Our network of Monitor Farms delivers a farmer-led agenda and opportunities to address issues on the farm and the Strategic Farms help to deliver research into practice. The Innovative farmers programmes offers something unique which really complements the exiting AHDB network of farms cross different sectors,” says Emily. “This is why AHDB partner with Innovative Farmers and have field labs that are coordinated by AHDB Knowledge Exchange…
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