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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.
Website:
www.innovativefarmers.orgPartner Contributions
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Mob grazing and optimal recovery in dairy systems
Event
Join Innovative Farmers and Tom & Sophie Gregory for a farm walk and discussion on how mob grazing affects soils, pasture growth and yields
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Webinar: Breeding worm-tolerant sheep
Event
Can we breed resilient lambs that tackle worms naturally without impacting their growth rate?
Find out more from the latest on-farm trial.
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Managing diverse swards and herbal leys
Event
Join Innovative Farmers for a workshop and farm walk at Low Sizergh Farm in Cumbria on managing and establishing diverse swards.
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Using bokashi in cattle systems
Event
Innovative Farmers are hosting a webinar introducing a new project, explaining how to buy and use bokashi and outlining its potential benefits.
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Living Mulches Final Report
Resource
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.
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No-till with living mulches – the holy grail for arable?
Resource
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.
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Three silvopasture tree planting designs to suit your farm
Resource
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.
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Film: Farmer-led solutions to on farm plastic
Resource
An Innovative Farmers video featuring a grower taking part in an Innovative Farmers field lab that is exploring alternatives to using plastic mulches.
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Intercropping and Companion Cropping in Arable Systems
Resource
Final report from a field lab that looked at opportunities for intercropping to provide more efficient resource use, reduced pest and disease pressure, and better weed competition.
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Herbal Leys Virtual Field Day: Parts 1 & 2
Resource
This is part 1 and 2 of a collaborative 2-part series of virtual events exploring establishment, management, soil health, grazing and ensiling in relation to herbal leys.
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Virtual Field Day: Intercropping in Arable Systems
Resource
Intercropping offers the potential for more efficient resource utilisation, reducing pest and disease pressure and better competition with weeds. This is a recording of an event co-ordinated by Agricology, Innovative Farmers and the ORC that was held as a virtual alternative to a field lab meeting.
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Intercropping Beans and Triticale, Sonning Farm, Berkshire
Research Project
This trial at the University of Reading Crop Research Centre in 2018/19 compared intercrops of beans and triticale to monocrop comparisons in spring and winter sown crops, looking at the impact on weed control, lodging and yield.