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Mixed farming through collaboration

resource ORC / GWCT / LEAF / OF&G / Soil Association / SRUC / Agricology - as part of Defra Project OF03111 Organic Management Techniques Arable and livestock farmers can collaborate to share knowledge, land and other resources for mutual benefit and enhancement of ecosystem services and landscape.

Integrated farming, Cereals, oil seeds & pulses, Grasslands & forage crops, People & skills, Pollinators & ecological services, Communities & education
Livestock on diverse leys: a return to the past for a promising future

resource Organic Research Centre ORC Bulletin article reporting on farmers that have been combining diverse leys with livestock and some of the pros and cons of this practice revealed...

Drainage, Rotations, Organic matter, Weeds, Animal health & welfare, Grasslands & forage crops, Crop nutrition & fertility building, Pollinators & ecological services, Natural resources & waste, People & skills
Livestock and the arable rotation

resource Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) This detailed AHDB publication looks at how an arable business can work with livestock businesses to optimise both enterprises.

Pigs, Cereals, oil seeds & pulses, Grasslands & forage crops, Crop nutrition & fertility building
Mixing it Up: Leys, livestock and arable

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Animal health & welfare, Dairy cattle, Beef cattle & sheep, Pigs, Cereals, oil seeds & pulses, Grasslands & forage crops, Crop nutrition & fertility building, People & skills
Digging the Dirt on Honeydale Farm

resource Soil Association Insights into Ian Wilkinson's quest to create a system of mixed farming with diverse cropping and livestock, reducing external inputs and adding value to commodity...

Compaction & cultivation, Rotations, Organic matter, Cereals, oil seeds & pulses, Grasslands & forage crops, Crop nutrition & fertility building, Weeds
Recommended Grass and Clover Lists for England and Wales

resource British Grassland Society / Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board / British Society of Plant Breeders / Hybu Cig Cymru An online tool to help you compare and select appropriate varieties of non-organic grass and clover species for grazing or silage leys.

Animal health & welfare, Grasslands & forage crops
Forage Legumes: Difficult for Farmers to resist?

resource Cotswold Seeds Video highlighting the benefits of growing and combining legume species and potential effects on your farm soil, livestock, and finances.

Type, texture & structure, Grasslands & forage crops
Improving Soils for Better Returns

resource AHDB This AHDB manual provides information to help you manage your soil for the good of the environment, your animals, and your pocket.

Type, texture & structure, Beef cattle & sheep, Grasslands & forage crops

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Mixed farming through collaboration

Livestock on diverse leys: a return to the past for a promising future

Livestock and the arable rotation

Mixing it Up: Leys, livestock and arable

Digging the Dirt on Honeydale Farm

Recommended Grass and Clover Lists for England and Wales

Forage Legumes: Difficult for Farmers to resist?

Improving Soils for Better Returns

LEAF Benefits of cover crops in arable farming