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Living mulches technical guide

Living Mulches - Technical Guide

This Agricology technical guide is designed to support farmers in making informed decisions about adopting living mulches in arable systems.

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Living mulches technical guide
This Agricology technical guide is designed to support farmers in making informed decisions about adopting living mulches in arable systems.
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Cow browsing hedge line behind electric wire. Photo Lindsay Whistance
This is the audio recording of a session run by Agricology at the Oxford Real Farming Conference featuring Matt Smee with Organic Research Centre’s Dr Lindsay Whistance.
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This resource consists of the audio recording and presentations from a session at the Oxford Real Farming Conference 2025 which aimed to address the stigma around the use of tillage in organic and agroecological crop production.
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Pumpkins in strip till, Andy Dibben
Andy recorded this series of short videos over two seasons of the trial outlining his motivations for getting involved, thoughts behind the trials, and the challenges of making it work...
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Mark Lea talks with Matt Smee at Oxford Real Farming Conference about the learnings from 5 years of trialling living mulches in an organic arable system.
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Group of people hand weeding a vegetable crop in the field. Courtesy of Jane Sweetman
Cultivating Wisdom’ is a collection of agroecological research summaries from practitioners in the Landworkers’ Alliance’s ‘Experts in Your Field’ project.
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hak-schoffeltechniek carrot ridge interrow hoe. Photo: Charles Merfield
A report on the use of ‘row hoes’ — what used to be called inter-row hoes / cultivators.
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Grazing cows
Video playlist from the Soil Association of case study farmers practising mob grazing in Scotland and associated webinars.
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This open access paper (first published in the British Ecological Society Journal of Ecology) aimed to better quantify how diversity affects ecosystem functions and services, and particularly to look at how species richness, community composition, and relative abundance jointly and individually contribute to ecosystem functions.
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A cow in a field of clover and chicory at Yatesbury House Farm
This ORFC 2024 session reframed the case for livestock in the landscape.
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This Groundswell 2024 session explored the role and challenges of incorporating trees into dairy farming systems.
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PGM pellet: Photo: Perennial Green Manures project
This report summarises findings from the Perennial Green Manures project highlighting the potential of PGMs as fertilisers and further areas of research and innovation needed.
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Sheep at Shimpling Park Farm. Courtesy of John Pawsey. All Rights Reserved
Footage of a Groundswell 2024 panel discussion organised by Agricology, exploring the practicalities of reintroducing sheep into your business.
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Dorset cows grazing: Photo Phil Sumption
Interesting research insights from Rothamsted Research based on a long-term grazing experiment that compares set-stocking with cell grazing
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Grampian_Graziers
Short video of Nikki Yoxall on the power of native and rare breed cattle to be ecosystem engineers through Holistic Management
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Kings summer legume mix, Groundswell 2023
Footage of a Groundswell 2024 panel discussion organised by Agricology and The Allerton Project, with the panel and audience members sharing their experiences of growing cover crops.
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5 key aspects of black-grass agroecology
How do you tackle the biggest problem facing arable farmers in the UK? This is video footage of a Groundswell 2024 session run by Agricology, borne out of a collaboration with ADAS and the Oper8 project.
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Mini-ridger in use in transplanted cabbages: Photo: Charles Merfield
A report on mini-ridgers - a highly effective weeding tool for controlling intrarow weeds through burial.
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Wakelyns Agroforestry. Photo credit: Maja Lindstrom
A revised new edition of this publication explaining the on-farm research carried out at the innovative and pioneering Wakelyns.
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James Butterworth is leading OGA's Organic Grower podcast
The Organic Grower Podcast is an OGA initiative which aims to be practical in focus, getting straight into the nitty-gritty of people’s growing practices and business operations.
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Bale grazing
Case study and video produced as part of the GREAT (Gloucestershire Regenerative Environment and Agriculture Transition) Project.
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Living mulch at Bucksum. Aber ace white clover and carrots. Photo: David Newman
This Organic Research Centre webinar features two farmers talking about their experiences of living mulches in arable and horticulture systems.
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False seedbed tiller hoes: Photo Charles Merfield
A practical guide for farmers and growers wanting to get ahead of weeds when establishing pasture, arable and horticultural crops.
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Tree hay: Photo credit Lynbreck Croft
Soil Association Scotland webinar discussing how tree hay can be a valuable way to supplement winter forage and support livestock nutrition and welfare.
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