Soil

With very dry soils this harvest, Farmers Guardian finds out how to get catch and cover crops off to the best start.

When fifth generation grower, James Smith, of Loddington Farm in Kent lost his love for the land, it was adapting to a regenerative farming model that brought the entire business back to life. Alice Dyer reports.

Lack of rain and early crop senescence has meant that potassium offtake from straw could be significantly higher than usual this harvest.

Farmers using regenerative practices on their arable farms are largely ending up in a similar place financially to those using more conventional practices.

The Scottish Government has announced funding for its new Preparing for Sustainable Farming (PSF) grant scheme. Ewan Pate explains what farmers need to do to qualify.

Minimising cultivations, lowering grain drying requirement, reducing synthetic fertiliser inputs and using urease and nitrification inhibitors can reduce a crop’s carbon footprint by up to 41 per cent while sustaining yield.

After a fairly open autumn and winter for most, visitors to the NAAC drainage hub at Cereals were reminded of the importance of maintaining and investing in field drains.

Having transitioned his entire farm to a zero-till system in one year, Kent farmer Tom Sewell offers a glimpse into his current approach to improving soil health. Alice Dyer reports.

As a farmer moving to a no-till system, John Cherry was frustrated by the lack of supporting information available to him in the UK. Hence, in 2016 Groundswell was born.

The amount and intensity of cultivations is responsible for carbon emissions from soil, but why exactly is this? Soil and cultivations expert, Philip Wright explained during a Cereals drainage seminar.