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YEN Zero
/ | Leave a CommentThe industry commitment to reaching Net-Zero carbon emissions by 2040 will require substantial reductions in the greenhouse gas intensity of crop products, as well as increased storage of carbon in the farm system.
Read more »Soil Farmer of the Year Announced 2019
/ | Leave a CommentJulian Gold, an arable farmer from Oxfordshire has been announced as the winner of the 2019 Soil
Farmer of the Year.
Soil Farmer of the Year 2018
/ | Leave a CommentSimon Cowell, an arable farmer from Essex has been announced as the winner of the 2018 Soil Farmer of the Year.
Read more »Microbial traits not plants determine abundance of soil organic matter
/ | Leave a CommentHealthy soil is rich in organic matter, but scientists have yet to fully understand exactly how that organic matter is formed
Read more »Government responds to soil report
| Leave a CommentTheresa May’s Government has responded to a ground-breaking, all-party parliamentary report on soil health, acknowledging that the current approach to soil management must change if the UK is to have any success in improving soil quality and mitigating climate change. Three specific areas the Soil Association has campaigned for were addressed by the Government in […]
Read more »Soil Farmer of the Year announced
| Leave a CommentClive Bailye, an arable farmer from Staffordshire has won the UK Soil Farmer of the Year, organised by Farm Carbon Cutting Toolkit (FCCT) and Innovation for Agriculture (IfA). The inaugural competition aimed to find farmers and growers who were engaged with, and passionate about managing their soils in a way which supported productive agriculture, reduced […]
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