Agricology Blog

Living mulches promise soil health, weed suppression, and nitrogen fixation - but are they too good to be true? Henny Lowth explores the science, challenges, and practical insights behind managing living mulches in arable systems through a literature review.

On 12 February I attended the annual BASE-UK conference in Newcastle. The day was filled with a range of inspiring and informative talks that covered topics including living mulches, on-farm research, strip till in horticulture and building on-farm resilience.

We were delighted to take part and attend (in-person and on-line) the Oxford Real Farming Conference a couple of weeks ago. Ever inspiring, we thought we’d give you some of our reflections along with some useful resource recommendations that were highlighted in the sessions that we attended…

While there is lots of information to be found if you look in the right places or speak to the right people, there is a need to pool it together and make it more accessible. This is what this book by Andy Dibben and Ben Raskin does so brilliantly...

Come along to ‘The Study’ at Groundswell, where a varied and stimulating range of talks combining science, education and farming await...

Oper8 is a three year EU horizon project bringing together farmers, researchers and academics to share alternative weed control solutions.

Phil Sumption blogs on an online conference in Germany focusing on new approaches for organic plant health care.

Interested in a one-stop-shop for everything you need to protect your crops? ADAS' Eleanor Dearlove explains how the IPM WORKS Resource Toolbox could offer you that...

Matt Smee reports back from attending an event intended to help make steps towards a practical incarnation of RASE’s 2022 report 'Farm of the Future: Journey to Net Zero.'

RSPB and FarmWildlife's Richard Winspear writes about 6 key areas of farm management that focus on restoring nature to make farming more profitable, productive & resilient to the big food production challenges we face.

Agricology's Farm Engagement Officer Matt Smee reflects on his experience of the ORFC (2023) and its contribution to helping build a resilient, equitable and sustainable farming system...

"We set out to create some easy to follow but detailed resources that would help farmers, growers and other land managers to increase their use of nature-based Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - no matter where on this journey they currently are. This blog highlights what’s in these resources, and where people can go to find them."