Sainfoin being mown at Daylesford Organic Farm in Gloucestershire

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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Quantifying and simulating movement of the predator carabid beetle Pterostichus melanarius in arable land. Taken from a PhD thesis by B Alemam, 2014 (Wageningen University)

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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Sheep grazing

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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Daylesford market garden. Photo credit: Martin Morrel. All rights reserved.

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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Cattle browsing trials

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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Andy Howard at ORFC 2019

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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Whitehall Farm. Photo credit: Tim Scrivener. All rights reserved

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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Lindsay Whistance speaking to a packed house

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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Fodder raddish and pea

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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Cattle grazing in the landscape

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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Sainfoin ley

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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26 September 2016. Photo credit: Rachel Lewis

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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Cattle grazing at Daylesford

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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Tractor rides at Daylesford Organic Farm

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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