Companion Cropping in Winter Oilseed Rape
Information on a pioneering project investigating how companion cropping can support pest, weed, and disease management in oilseed rape grown in Sweden and the UK.
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Information on a pioneering project investigating how companion cropping can support pest, weed, and disease management in oilseed rape grown in Sweden and the UK.
This new Agricology podcast series features farmers, researchers and advisors exploring agroforestry through the lens of the elements water, fire, earth, air, and people, emphasising the fundamentally interconnected nature of agroforestry systems.
This Agricology podcast series explores the complex and often polarising topic of tillage. From scientists and researchers, to organic pioneers and regenerative farming advocates, it goes beyond the binary "plough or don’t plough" to highlight a much needed truth - context is everything.
The Soil Carbon and Water Resilience Project, funded by the Environment Agency, brought together the soil carbon data collected by Carbon Quester in the North-East Cotswold Farm Cluster and combined it with Atkins Realis’ Natural Flood Management (NFM) Studio tool under the supervision of Carbon Quester’s partners at Rothamsted Research.
This Agricology podcast series sets out to explore the concept of optimal carrying capacity for livestock, relating to the health of the animal, the farm, and the environment.
Printable guides based on outputs from a workshop which involved a wide‑ranging partnership across the farming industry brought together by the UK Soil Health Initiative.
Agricology were delighted to host information and the programme for Countryside COP 2024 - designed to bring together the rural community and businesses to showcase and inspire activity ahead of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Find out about and explore some of the excellent resources of the GREAT Project - an innovative multi-agency project which has offered free and subsidised support to Gloucestershire farmers transitioning to regenerative agriculture.
Environmental group Ecodyfi in mid-Wales was awarded funding by the Co op Carbon Innovation Fund to work with local growers and farmers to trial perennial green manures in comparison to their usual method of fertilisation...
Explore resources and information from the Down to Earth project, a collaboration between Agricology, RuralPod Media and Down to Earth Media, promotes sustainable agricultural practices being used on the Waddesdon Estate and beyond.
The BEESPOKE project aimed to increase levels of pollinators and crop pollination by providing land managers and policy makers with the expertise, tools and financial knowledge to instigate bottom-up change.
Encouraging Habitat Management and Conservation Methods that Positively Impact Farmland Biodiversity
Information and resources from a collaborative project between Agricology, GWCT and the Duke of Norfolk’s Peppering Farm in West Sussex, which aimed to demonstrate that food production and conservation can successfully co-exist, and it is possible to reverse species decline.
Information and resources from the North East Cotswold Farmer Cluster CIC which was set up to increase natural capital and ecosystem services across the region.
This project brings together nature-friendly IPM and pesticide reduction work that has already been implemented by innovative farmers, and shares this with other farmers.
This project / campaign brings together AHDB’s grassland resources and encourages farmers to utilise their grass more efficiently.
This 'Farming the Future' A Team Foundation - funded project aimed to promote agroforestry as a way of farmers and landowners simultaneously and sustainably growing food, transitioning into the new ELM Scheme and contributing to ‘public goods.’
European project coordinated by IFOAM EU that aimed to help organic pig and poultry farmers achieve the goal of 100% use of organic and regional feed.
DIVERSify: Designing InnoVative plant teams for Ecosystem Resilience and agricultural Sustainability
This European project aimed to ‘optimise the performance of crop species mixtures or ‘plant teams’ to improve yield stability, reduce pest and disease damage, and enhance stress resilience in agricultural systems.’
Information and resources from a project which worked with an established network of farms in the UK, Germany and Austria to develop a set of criteria for farm health measurement and to increase practical knowledge.
This trial at the University of Reading Crop Research Centre compared intercrops of beans and triticale to monocrops in spring and winter sown crops, looking at the impact on weed control, lodging and yield.
Information on a European project trialling adding uncomposted versus composted woodchip from on-farm woody resources as a soil improver.
ADAS-led project developing innovative methods for carrying out research into field vegetable and potato crops.
AFINET is a European thematic network established to foster exchange and knowledge transfer between scientists and practitioners involved in agroforestry.
This project investigated the viability of transferring agroecological practices more widely across UK agriculture and produced factsheets for dissemination and engagement across a wide community of farmers.