Direct Drilling

Phil Warham has been an agronomist with Agrovista for six years. He gained a degree in Land and Farm Management at Harper Adams and managed farms for several years afterwards. He now advises on combinable crops, cereals, maize and vining peas in Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and into Leicestershire. Key interests include direct drilling and soil health, as well as making farms profitable. In his spare time he is a keen runner, cyclist and horseman.

Hampshire-based farmers and agricultural engineers, Samagri started importing Virkar drills from Spain into the UK back in 2018. Simon Henley takes a closer look at the range-topping Virkar Dynamic DC low-disturbance direct drill and talks to a farmer who uses a six-metre version.