No-till and mob-grazing

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In this podcast Hertfordshire arable farmer John Cherry talks about his experiences of converting to no-till and mob grazing – with reference to managing black-grass and renewed fertility in the soil. You can hear about the effect it has had on the bottom line even in low-yielding years.

 

 

 

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  • Farmerama Radio describes itself as a community sourced radio that produces a monthly podcast “sharing the voices of smaller scale farmers in the UK and beyond.”
  • John Cherry is involved in the ‘OurField’ project, read about it here. He also hosts the Groundswell farming conference (tickets for this year’s event on June 28th/29th with one day focusing on no-till, and the other on mob grazing, are now on sale).

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