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Recent Blog Posts
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Waterlogged soil and cropping options - the route to recovery
First and foremost, as we all pull together to navigate the challenges presented to us as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, I hope you...
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Dutch courage: The potato covenant model shows the way
Across the channel in the Netherlands a remarkable thing is happening. The whole supply chain has worked together through the ‘Potato Covenant’ to shift the...
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Dairy herd health and foot trimming at Daylesford - Richard Smith and Paul Clayton
In this vlog, Richard Smith, Farms Manager at Daylesford Organic, talks about cattle foot trimming in the dairy, stressing the importance of doing it at...
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Black-grass: what’s the problem, what’s the solution?
Although often considered a relatively ‘new’ weed, it was recognised as a ‘very troublesome weed among wheat’ over 175 years ago (Sinclair, 1838). However, black-grass...
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Recent Sector News
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Update on Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus Research
Game & Wildlife Conservation TrustarticleThis year will be the first that neonicotinoid seed dressings will no longer be routinely applied to cereal crops following their ban last year. This...
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Soil Farmer of the Year Announced
Farm Carbon Cutting ToolkitarticleJulian Gold, an arable farmer from Oxfordshire has been announced as the winner of the 2019 Soil Farmer of the Year. The competition, now in...
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Darren Doherty Comes to the UK
Ragmans FarmarticleRagmans Farm are hosting Darren Doherty - a key regenerative agriculture trainer based in Australia, in Gloucestershire this June. The main themes are taking Permaculture...
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Records Smashed in 2019 Big Farmland Bird Count
Game and Wildlife Conservation TrustarticleA FANTASTIC effort from farmers have helped secure a best-ever year for the Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC). Results show 1,400 people – a 40%...