BASIS Points Available Webinar - 10th June - Soils: the heart of a sustainable system - 14:15 to 15:00

What are the best indicators of soil health?

  • Soil organic matter

    Votes: 1 11.1%
  • soil biology (fauna life)

    Votes: 6 66.7%
  • Compaction /erosion

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Visual soil assessment test

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Water retention / nutrient retention /crop yield

    Votes: 2 22.2%

  • Total voters
    9

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Chaired by Caroline Drummond, LEAF CEO

This session explores ways to improve soil health – key to creating a resilient economically and environmentally sustainable farming system
Clive Bailye @Clive , TWB Farms, Staffordshire, was the inaugural Soil Farmer of the Year in 2016, and discusses how he is using cover cropping, zero tillage and rotational diversity to improve soil fertility.
•Tom Chapman, Innovation4Agriculture, reviews the soil health benefits and practicalities of introducing animals into an arable system
•Julian Gold is putting controlled traffic farming and minimal tillage at the heart of his strategy to prioritise soil health on his 750ha arable business.
•Sam Walker shares his organic farming best practice to improve soil health on his organic beef and arable farmer at Stantyway Farm, Offerton.

BASIS POINTS AVAILABLE


Speakers

Caroline Drummond MBE, Hon DSc, NSch

Caroline Drummond MBE, Hon DSc, NSch, Chief Executive - LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming)

Julian Gold

Julian Gold, Farm Manager, Hendred Estate, Oxfordshire

Sam Walker

Sam Walker, Tenant farmer

Tom Chapman

Tom Chapman - Innovation4Agriculture
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

  • 0 %

    Votes: 77 43.5%
  • Up to 25%

    Votes: 62 35.0%
  • 25-50%

    Votes: 28 15.8%
  • 50-75%

    Votes: 3 1.7%
  • 75-100%

    Votes: 3 1.7%
  • 100% I’ve had enough of farming!

    Votes: 4 2.3%

Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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