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Diversification, Innovation and Collaboration at the Resilient Farm Roadshow

Matt Smee gives the lowdown on the first two roadshow events, highlighting some of the key messages and presenting a convincing case as to why you should attend the three coming up in 2026...

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Call on Government to Increase UK Hedgerow Network by 40% by 2050
September 10, 2021
Rowan Dumper-Pollard writes about the ORC joining the Countryside Charity in seizing the initiative and campaigning for the government to increase UK hedgerows by 40% in line with recent recommendations made by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) 2018 report.
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Bee on thistle
August 25, 2021
Bee keeper John Crocker shares his experience of allowing his bees to lead a natural life.
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Soil biome
July 15, 2021
PhD student put a call out to farmers to fill out a survey designed to help understand the potential of rhizobial inoculants.
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Duxford July 2019 arable wheat. Courtesy of Bangor University
June 22, 2021
A joint industry and Research Council funded project looking at how to reintegrate sheep into arable systems for the improvement of soil quality is seeking help from arable farmers.
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Wild flowers. Courtesy of Colin Wilkinson, RSPB. All Rights Reserved
June 1, 2021
Call out for farmers to take part in a survey relating to IPM.
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CCP spring wheat trials at Wakelyns Agroforestry, July 2016 CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
May 29, 2021
ORC Senior Agroforestry Researcher Colin Tosh reports back from the fifth cross-European conference on agroforestry, EURAF 2021.
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FarmEDagroforestrymap
May 28, 2021
Edd Colbert blogs about developing an ‘Agroforestry Living Textbook’ at FarmED in the Cotswolds to showcase inspiring agroforestry systems for arable, livestock and horticultural operations.
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Wakelyns agroforestry
March 25, 2021
Senior ORC Researcher Colin Tosh introduces a research project designed to investigate barriers to the uptake of agroforestry by farmers.
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Soil with earthworm
March 24, 2021
Take part in the the #30minworms survey with Jackie Stroud.
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Pigs rooting in straw
February 28, 2021
Lindsay Whistance shares findings from an EU research project exploring sustainable livestock nutrition across 11 countries.
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ML Mulch rye Nov 21 (3)
January 26, 2021
Dominic Amos asks if establishing a perennial soil cover could offer a practical solution to reducing inputs and having more sustainable cropping systems.
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Seed store
January 18, 2021
David Price reflects on how Brexit and the Covid-19 Pandemic both highlighted the need for many more UK growers producing seed in the right quantity and quality.
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