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ORFC 2024: Livestock Carrying Capacity. Photo: Hugh Warwick

Oxford Real Farming Conference: seeking common ground

Phil Sumption picks out some of the ORFC 2024 highlights that shine a light on farmers and growers transitioning to more sustainable and resilient farming systems.

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Agricology Blog

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May 14, 2020
Compost can improve soil fertility through supplying mineral fertilisers such as potassium, phosphorus, and nitrogen and it can help to strongly influence the soil carbon storage which is also an important factor of soil fertility. Jez Taylor, head of the market garden at Daylesford Organic Farm shares his recipe for making compost. He talks us […]
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May 13, 2020
A group of farmers on the Isle of Arran, sometimes called ‘Scotland in miniature’ because of the range of farming it hosts, have begun to reduce their own carbon footprint to help create a blueprint for Scottish agriculture, and give themselves a commercial advantage in the process. Farmers on Arran have begun working together to […]
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May 11, 2020
The Agriculture Bill will be voted on by MPs on Wednesday 13th May. Do you want to support nature-friendly farming, address climate change and ensure a secure supply of nutritious food for all? We are urging you to take action by writing to your MP now to let him / her know that the new […]
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Holly Beckett audio blog
May 5, 2020
The coronavirus crisis is reminding us of how closely animal, ecological and human health are linked. A vital component of our health is, of course, our mental health. 2015 Nuffield Farming scholar and Focussed Farmers co-founder Holly Beckett shines a positive light on lockdown in this audio blog, talking to us about the importance of […]
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Chloe's blog
April 21, 2020
For a long time, the pursuit of effective agricultural weed management tools and strategies was framed as ‘the war on weeds.’ We developed increasingly merciless mechanical and chemical weapons to rid our fields of unwanted greenery, striving toward a vision of pure crops from horizon to horizon. These days, we’re slowly realising that war is […]
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April 20, 2020
We enjoy being proactive about the future at Wicton Farm and becoming antibiotic-free proved to be not as difficult as we first thought. Over the last few years our antibiotic usage had naturally declined via the introduction of deep bed sand cubicles, more cow space for feed and water, improved grazing access with concrete sleeper […]
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April 17, 2020
In these short video clips, Jez Taylor, head of the Market Garden at Daylesford Organic Farm, talks to us from inside the polytunnels about propagating tomatoes, peppers, chillies, mixed leaf salads, carrots, radishes and climbing beans as they ramp up their efforts to provide fresh vegetables and salad to as many people as possible in […]
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April 17, 2020
A huge range of rural organisations have got together to organise a series of Zoom webinars for everyone involved in land management, which we, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), are excited to be part of! For anyone involved in farmer-led landscape scale conservation, this affords an opportunity to match up group with ideas, […]
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Soil Erosion Gate
March 31, 2020
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 are able to find the time to take care of yourself. The growing season has, without a doubt, already presented us with some significant challenges and, while recent government advice […]
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Selecting from second year clones at Biompuls’ field site in Klaggenburg (credit Biompuls)
March 27, 2020
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 organic potato sector to 100% use of robust, blight-resistant varieties. Potato late blight (Phytophthora infestans) is the most important potato disease in the world. There has been a lot of […]
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Dairy cows feeding
February 28, 2020
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 least once a year. Cows feet becoming sore or lame has a big effect on production and welfare. Cows are cloven hooved; they have two claws that need to work […]
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February 27, 2020
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 has certainly become more widespread and more problematic to control during the last 50 years. Why is this? The problem The three principle reasons for increasing problems with black-grass are: […]
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