A mixture of information, news & case studies
This Hay & Graze mix was sown in autumn 2020 using discs to create a seed bed after harvest and sown with an air seeder, before rolling twice. The mix provided ...
When harvest is complete, planning when new leys are drilled is crucial over the following weeks. With legumes very sensitive to temperature, the sooner any seed mixtures ...
When winter barley crops are ready for harvest is the perfect time to start making plans for the Autumn. Choose a seed mixture that will fit into your rotation, be it an over ...
Starting next month, agroecological adviser Niels Corfield is leading three courses at FarmED about regenerative soil health - one for arable farmers, one for livestock farmers ...
It's best to exercise caution when it comes to late sowings in September and October. This is a good time of year for sowing overwinter cover crops or green manures, which ...
This wildlife friendly farm has adopted a very long term approach to its soils. Caroline Corsie, a trained agronomist, is the manager and believes that farming starts from the ...
One Dorset farmer is reliant on legumes to ensure high forage ...
As we seek to reduce fertiliser use, conserve water and increase yields, improving the practical benefits from certain soil microbes may hold the key to achieving greater value ...
With their ability to provide high yields of good quality forage and to fix ‘free’ nitrogen from the atmosphere, clovers are finding popularity on many farms. Clovers ...
Suitable soils: Ryegrass is a shallow-rooted grass and should be grown on moisture-retentive soils that do not dry out. The target soil pH for ryegrass grass leys is slightly ...
Sam visited G’s in Cambridgeshire to talk about Green Manures or Cover Crops last week, as part of the Soil Association’s Great Soils initiative. G’s is a family ...
‘My philosophy is that the first major nutrient in crop production is not N, P or K, but carbon,’ says Julian Gold, Farm Manager of the Hendred Estate in South ...
Join in an interesting and informative soil workshop in Sussex, on November 7th. Join us for a one day technical event dedicated to informing and inspiring farmers and ...
Legumes help sustain soil fertility but the plant is only half the ...
Dry summers have become more of a problem in recent years and the challenge of producing grass reliably on parched soil is a difficult ...
