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CFE relaunches as Championing the Farmed Environment
On February 26th, CFE were pleased to host representatives of our partners and supporters and member of the farming and conservation communities to mark its...
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Finishing Cattle on Homegrown Forage
Head Stockman for Daylesford Farm, Phil Gordon-Jones talks us through the benefits of finishing his beef cattle on home grown forage and we join him...
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Phosphorus Survey for UK Dairy Farmers, Nutritionists and Advisers
The University of Reading, in collaboration with Harper Adams University, is running a project aiming at investigating the potential to reduce phosphorus losses from dairy...
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Base Cation Saturation Ratio (Albrecht) soil analysis - what is in it for you?
Soil analysis is an important, perhaps essential management tool in organic and agroecological farming. It supports the primary means of assessing soil, which include walking...
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Tall Grass Grazing and the Future of Livestock Farming
The challenges facing farmers today are huge, with uncertainty around changes to CAP payments and questions about how farming will be valued in generations to...
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Your invitation to take part in vital research about crop rotations & climate change during Feb
We need to understand the drivers and constraints on growing crops in rotation, especially predicting the future impacts of climate change on crop rotations. What...
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Housing Sheep in January - Agricology Vlog 2019
In this short vlog, Richard Smith, Farms Manager at Daylesford Organic, discusses why he feels that good breeding can reduce the need for additional inputs...
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Oxford Real Farming Conference 2019 highlights
Agricology kick-started 2019 with the Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) on 3rd - 4th January, along with over 1000 organic and conventional farmers, food producers...
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Investing in soil for a resilient future
When I talk to farmers often it is a case of too much rain, or not enough. Recent experience suggests they might be right -...
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Dealing with diamond-backs!
If you search for ‘diamondback’ in the social media then you will find posts about bicycles, guns, terrapins, snakes and several other weird and wonderful...
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Choosing a Bull - Agricology Vlog December 2018
In December's vlog, Richard Smith, Farms Manager for Daylesford Organic, discusses strategies that he employs when choosing a bull (Daylesford stock pedigree registered Aberdeen Angus...
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Farmer clusters: why they’re a good recipe to protect soil, water and wildlife
Farmer clusters are a bit of a ‘buzzword’ amongst those involved with conservation of wildlife and protection of resources on farmland. The idea of neighbouring...
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Your farm, your future... digging deep
I recently attended the Northern Farming Conference in Hexham. This year's theme was ‘Your Farm, Your Future’ and provided fodder for considering how to progress...
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Take the October Soil Test Challenge & get free advice from a soil health expert
Soil is your most important resource as a farmer, but do you really understand it and know how to improve it? This month we challenge...
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Autumn Cultivations - Agricology Vlog October 18
In this months Agricology mini vlog, Richard Smith, Farms Manager for Daylesford Organic, discusses ploughing up a red clover ley in preparation to sow a...
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Community-supported farming, seed saving & 'the fight against blight'
Community-supported farming gives people the opportunity to define their own food and agriculture. The agroecology approach encourages using local resources effectively, recycling of nutrients and...
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Seeds - our culture and our future
Cultivating diversity is one way for smaller organic growers, selling directly to the consumer, to differentiate themselves from the uniform offerings of the multiple retailers...
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Enterprise Stacking & Agroforestry; Chickens, Orchards, Biomass & Market Gardens - Update
This vlog is the second in what will be a series of updates following a recent agroforestry project which used a Woodland Trust grant to...
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Potato blight - is the answer beneath the covers?
Potatoes grown in the UK are at risk from 26 different diseases. It is vital therefore to investigate methods and varieties that reduce the cost...
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Sainfoin Nutritional Analysis
In this months Agricology vlog, Richard Smith (Farm Manager at Daylesford Organic Farm) gives an update on the nutritional analysis that was carried out on...
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