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It’s not the plough, but the how!

Sustainable Food Trust

As news of weed killer resistant plants hits the headlines, Patrick Holden reflects on discussions at the latest Oxford Real Farming Conference, highlighting why the plough may not be the worst option when it comes to nature-friendly cultivation. The theme was how ploughing and cultivation can be good for soil health.

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Why cultivation equipment is making a comeback on Wiltshire farm

Farmers Weekly

So it is with a bit of nervous laughter he says less than a minute into an introduction to the 600ha farm that a piece of […] The post Why cultivation equipment is making a comeback on Wiltshire farm appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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How a large-scale regen system is working at Dyson farming

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Implementing regenerative agriculture principles across 14,000ha is a central component of Dyson Farming’s long-term circular farming model, as it produces high-quality food with minimal environmental impact.

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“Bristol’s last working farm”: A farm for the future

Sustainable Food Trust

Once they would have been joined by many other families whose produce fed the local population and whose farms were within Bristol’s city boundary. A hundred years ago, according to Catherine, there were 28 farms in South Bristol alone, several of them tenanted by her ancestors.

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Transition farm switch to strip-till boosts margins and soil

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly At a Farmers Weekly Transition project farm walk in Suffolk, Claydon Drill demonstrated how low-disturbance systems can boost soil health and improve margins.

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More things in Heaven and Earth: Mycorrhizal fungi, ploughing, no-till and glyphosate

Sustainable Food Trust

Over recent years, no-till farming has been widely advocated as one of the ways to make farming more sustainable. It is also one of the paid options under Defra’s Sustainable Farming Incentive. Richard Young follows on from his article, Speed the plough or the direct drill and sprayer?

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Far Eastern Agriculture - Untitled Article

Far Eastern Agriculture

From ploughs to seed drills to crop care machines, arable farming specialist Pöttinger, has a colourful bouquet of innovations lined up for the new season