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Perennial weed control in organic agriculture

Guidance from the OK-Net Arable project on managing perennial weeds through using suitable machinery and techniques, focusing on stubble cultivation.

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Soil Saviours

A short must-watch video highlighting the importance of protecting and enhancing our topsoil and featuring a couple of inspirational farmers.

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Agroforestry: Farming for the Future

Pioneering agroforestry farmer Stephen Briggs relates the benefits he has reaped from this multi-faceted system of farming.

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Launch of ORC Wakelyns Population

Footage of the launch of the new ORC wheat population – explaining how it was developed and potential benefits.

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Floodplain Restoration: Arable to Wet Grassland Conversion

Insights into the practicalities of converting unproductive land to wet grassland and the livestock, wildlife and flood attenuation benefits.

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Farming for Carbon

The importance of rebuilding soil carbon – Nuffield Scholar Rob Richmond on the techniques he has used on his dairy farm in Gloucestershire.

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Cotswold Seeds First Hand: Herbal Leys with Alex Joynson

Alex Joynson, livestock and arable farmer in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, discusses planting herbal leys for livestock forage and arable rotation.

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Simply Sustainable Water at Overbury Farms

A 7-minute video explaining how the Six Simple Steps of Simply Sustainable Water are implemented at Overbury Farms.

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Reduced Tillage: Farmer’s motivations and problems

A video from the TILMAN-ORG project providing useful insights from farmers who have have adopted reduced tillage on their farms.

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Integrated Pest Management

The LEAF guide to Integrated Pest Management for farmers.

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River Glyme habitat restoration

Restoring the River Glyme and its floodplain in Oxfordshire: the project benefits wild brown trout, local flood storage and wetland ecology. 

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Trees, water and farming – improving water quality

A short video highlighting how trees have been used in the uplands of Cumbria to manage water drainage and quality and prevent soil erosion.

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Introducing The LegumePlus Project: Sainfoin, Birdsfoot Trefoil & Red Clover

Fascinating insights from scientists involved in the LegumePlus project; the reasons behind the research and what the research has revealed.

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Honeybee shortage for crop pollination

This BBSRC-funded video provides important messages to help us target pollinators that will benefit UK crops and help ensure food security.

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Forage Legumes: Difficult for Farmers to resist?

Video highlighting the benefits of growing and combining legume species and potential effects on your farm soil, livestock, and finances.

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Sainfoin with Dr Lydia Smith at NIAB

Video outlining the challenges of growing and managing sainfoin, ways it can benefit livestock and bees, and current interesting research.

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Practical recommendations on reduced tillage systems

Video footage of a member of the TILMAN-ORG project outlining some of the problems and potential solutions associated with reduced tillage.

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Bees’ Needs: food and a home

A short video of why we need pollinators and they need us. What simple actions can we take to help reduce the many threats pollinators face?

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