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Bale Grazing at Treflach Farm

After a couple of days let up from the seemingly never-ending rain, we visited Treflach farm on the Welsh / Shropshire border on 8th March 2024, for a Pasture for Life (PfL) field day about bale grazing and overwintering strategies.

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Agricology Blog

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November 24, 2022
"Agricology is the focus for the Organic Research Centre’s (ORC) Big Give Christmas Challenge and the target is to raise £15,000 in just 1 week! These funds will go towards ORC’s ‘The Future of Farming’ appeal..."
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October 28, 2022
Christine Watson asks what we can do to produce more grain legumes in the UK, and why there is a difference in yield between those grown on-farm and the potential yield of those crops grown under ideal conditions...
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September 28, 2022
"...The strength of Agricology is that it promotes practical, sustainable farming regardless of labels through its network of partner organisations. Together we can build more diverse, resilient systems, working with nature to help restore the land and ecosystems and ensure a secure supply of food..."
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Jude and sunflowers (courtesy of Mandy Meikle)
September 26, 2022
"...my friend Jude Dunn was ahead of the curve with her practical soil remediation experiments on her Welsh smallholding. Harvesting white mycelial threads from the lowest layers of woodland leaf litter to make probiotic fertilisers and fermented teas for different soils was the nexus of her project 'The Microbial Forest'..."
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August 5, 2022
ORC's Charlotte Bickler shares some of the opportunities available for farmers in the north of England and Scotland...
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August 1, 2022
"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."
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June 30, 2022
At Agricology we are always looking at ways to strengthen our communication and make sure you as a user can access the most interesting and relevant information possible. We would like to know your thoughts on our website. Any feedback will help to inform changes to its content and design.
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June 29, 2022
Marianne Landzettel gives her take on sessions involving the Secretary of State at Groundswell 2022 - including discussions about the way forward for regenerative agriculture, measuring soil carbon and renumerating farmers, and the Sustainable Farming Incentive...
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Greg Judy
May 25, 2022
A pioneering on-farm conference focusing on soil health is gearing up for its launch on a Cumbrian farm this summer (June 25th-26th). Carbon Calling is a knowledge exchange initiative created by farmers to promote discussion among livestock and food producers, and help them address climate, biodiversity, societal and food security issues.
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Agricology at Groundswell
May 24, 2022
Since its launch in 2015 in a climate of growing uncertainty about food security, the state of natural resources, climate change and nutritional availability in the UK, Agricology has provided a platform for sharing practical information on ecological farming techniques to enable more resilient and productive farming.
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ORC Green Challenge (credit Kay Ransom)
April 22, 2022
For over four decades the ORC has supported farmers to implement sustainable land management and food production solutions that produce quality food, minimise resource use and protect and enhance the environment.
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February 18, 2022
A survey of over 220 livestock farms (80% commercial) in the UK and Ireland has reported up to 69% reduction in antibiotic use, up to 70% reduction in vet costs, significant reduction in disease frequency and severity, and 84% overall improvement in livestock health through the use of Complementary and Alternative Methods (CAMs).
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