Agricology Blog

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.

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 Agriculture Bill needs to support a more resilient, diverse food system.

Holly Beckett shines a positive light on lockdown in this audio blog, talking to us about the importance of recognising the signs of stress and describing some of the effects we can experience and ways in which we can help nip it in the bud and transition into a more positive state of mind.

For a long time, the pursuit of effective agricultural weed management tools and strategies was framed as ‘the war on weeds.’

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 tracks, clean water troughs and an increasing attention to preventative hygiene.

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 the pandemic crisis...

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!

The growing season has, without a doubt, already presented us with some significant challenges and, while recent government advice has altered the way that the Kings team is communicating with customers, we are still very much available to offer technical advice and recommendations to support your crop strategy and wider business.

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.

Insights and demonstration into cattle foot trimming at Daylesford Organic Farm.

Although often considered a relatively ‘new’ weed, it was recognised as a ‘very trouble­some weed among wheat’ over 175 years ago (Sinclair, 1838).

Cast your mind back to a warm summer day, a time when shortly after it has rained, you are in the garden or your field and the aroma of soil is wafting on the air. That deep warming aroma is called ‘petrichor’, and what you are actually smelling is a compound called geosmin, which is produced by soil bacteria specifically associated with healthy soils.