Innovative Farmers
Innovative Farmers is a not for profit network giving farmers research support and funding on their own terms. Groups of farmers come together for practical ‘field labs’, carrying out hands-on research on topics such as weed control, animal welfare and disease resistance. Discover more via the online portal.
Partner Contributions
Forage for Optimum Resilience and Growth
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Join Innovative Farmers and Farm Carbon Toolkit at Higher Thornton Farm for an afternoon learning about how protein-rich, diverse leys can influence lamb resilience to worms and enhance production.
Growing and processing intercrops – a LEGUMINOSE event
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Join Innovative Farmers for a session on intercropping, focusing on this year's LEGUMINOSE project trial results and options for processing and separating.
Strip-tillage in horticulture
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Join Innovative Farmers for a farm walk and workshop exploring management techniques as part of a strip till system for soil health and fertility building.
Willow for lamb health and growth
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Join Innovative Farmers at Mindrum farm in Northumberland for a farm walk, workshop & BBQ.
Mob grazing and optimal recovery in dairy systems
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Join Innovative Farmers and Tom & Sophie Gregory for a farm walk and discussion on how mob grazing affects soils, pasture growth and yields
Webinar: Breeding worm-tolerant sheep
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Can we breed resilient lambs that tackle worms naturally without impacting their growth rate?
Find out more from the latest on-farm trial.
Managing diverse swards and herbal leys
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Join Innovative Farmers for a workshop and farm walk at Low Sizergh Farm in Cumbria on managing and establishing diverse swards.
Using bokashi in cattle systems
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Innovative Farmers are hosting a webinar introducing a new project, explaining how to buy and use bokashi and outlining its potential benefits.
Living Mulches Final Report
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The final report for Innovative Farmers field lab trials which aimed to determine the impacts of living mulches on cash crop yields and weed composition.
No-till with living mulches – the holy grail for arable?
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This webinar (part of the 2021 Northern Real Farming Conference and hosted by the Soil Association) explores growing a low growing permanent cover crop such as small white clover to help shade out weeds and provide fertility for the rotation.
Three silvopasture tree planting designs to suit your farm
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Details of planting designs for 3 contrasting farms in Devon who are taking part in a long-term field lab trial to help justify financial commitment to turn pasture over to silvopasture.
Film: Farmer-led solutions to on farm plastic
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An Innovative Farmers video featuring a grower taking part in an Innovative Farmers field lab that is exploring alternatives to using plastic mulches.