Organisation: Agricology

Novel forage crops
This abstract looks at how lucerne, sainfoin and chicory could be incorporated into your grazing leys and potentially supply high quality, drought tolerant feed for cattle and sheep.
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Use of diverse rotations
This abstract explores how the organic practice of using diverse rotations to reduce pest and disease levels in following crops can be applied on non-organic farms.
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Ley of the Land: Integrating Leys in the Cropping System – Lydia Smith, NIAB
Video footage filmed at the ORFC 2019 of Lydia Smith from NIAB explaining a project helping to explore soil quality through re-integration of leys and sheep into an arable system.
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Plants in the Wrong Place? Agroecological Approaches to Weed Control
Video footage filmed at ORFC 2019 of Jez Taylor from Daylesford Organic Farm describing weed management techniques that are used in the market garden.
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Silvopasture: Planting for Shelter & Forage
This is video footage filmed at the ORFC 2019 of the session on silvopasture featuring farmer and PFLA member Chris Jones describing what he has implemented on his farm in Cornwall and why.
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Plant Teams for the Future: Intercropping in Research & In Practice
Video footage filmed at the Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) 2019 of Andy Howard of Bockhanger Farms discussing the potential of ‘plant teams’ in theory and practice.
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The Magic Money Tree: The Economics of Agroforestry
Footage of farmer Stephen Briggs speaking at the Oxford Real Farming Conference 2019 on the process of planning a new agroforestry system, finding markets for wood products, and calculating the business opportunities.
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Oxford Real Farming Conference 2019 highlights
Lydia Lishman reports back form The 2019 Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) where conversations focused on the challenges ahead for the UK’s food and farming sector.
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Your farm, your future… digging deep
Janie Caldbeck reports back from the Northern Farming Conference in Hexham, and highlights some key Agricology resources from the past month focused on soil health.
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Agricology Defra Consultation Response
Agricology’s response to the Defra consulation paper ‘Health and Harmony: The Future of Food and Farming in a Green Brexit’
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Mixing it Up: Leys, livestock and arable
A slideshow providing information on some of the inspiring farming systems and a little of the science featured at the Agricology field day on January 2018.
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Editor’s blog – Our first newsletter and ‘Agricology in the Field’!
Content Editor Janie Caldbeck introduces the first Agricology newsletter and Editor’s Blog, and outlines the key objectives behind Agricology’s work.
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Mixed swards, rotational grazing and happy bees: Open Day reflections
An overview and reflection on the 2016 Agricology Open Day by Daylesford Head Stockman Phil Gordon-Jones.
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Agricology Open Day 28th June: a farm tour and gathering of partners and experts
We are truly excited to announce the first Agricology Open Day on Tuesday 28th June with an exploration of agriculture, horticulture and farmshop enterprises at Daylesford, an organic holding in the Cotswolds owned by Agricology Trustee Carole Bamford.
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