New software that uses a drone to image crops has been developed to help farmers walk crops more quickly and accurately. Skippy Scout has been developed by farming technology specialist Drone Ag to monitor a variety of broad acre crops. The latest developments in the software’s version 2.5 enables users to import field maps and …
Despite the pandemic and the likely economic crises in its wake, people continue to experience a growing anxiety concerning greenhouse gases (GHG) and climate change, which extends to include farms and food production. While farming, and the process of photosynthesis, is one of the few ways of reducing CO2, livestock production and soil cultivation release …
There is so much talk about carbon at the moment, and there is no doubt that farmers will make some income by changing practices to sequester a bit more carbon. Buying HVO versions of Red Diesel is just an example of a way to do this. It costs you are little more to fill the …
• Julian Gold is farm manager of 800 hectares of Hendred Estate in Oxfordshire on the edge of the Berkshire Downs. The farm typically has a high pH (8.2) silty clay loam over chalk soil and a 6-year rotation of oil seed rape (OSR), winter wheat, spring barley, spring or winter beans, winter wheat, winter …
Future Farming Podcast – Janet Hughes and The Team Introduction From the series of Future Farming podcasts, in this one Janet Hughes has chosen to talk to Gabe Brown. A familiar name with our readers (his name featuring in about half our issues of Direct Driller), Gabe has been named one of the twenty-five most …
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The phrase “Regenerative agriculture” is a relative newcomer to our collective vocabulary, and although it roughly describes the type of farming I attempt to practice, it is not a phrase that sits easily with me, as it is so vulnerable to being hijacked by special interest groups, and can mean very different things to different …
Written by Joel Williams When we begin to unpack the complex world of soil, of course there are many factors that contribute to the optimum functioning of a ‘healthy soil’ – be that chemical, physical or biological. That said, it is clear that soil biology specifically has played an instrumental role in catalysing the recent …
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Johnson-Su bioreactors have become all the rage on some regenerative farms. But what are they and how do you use them?By Mike Abram If first lockdown was all about building a firepit from spare discs, last autumn saw a surge in the construction of JohnsonSu bioreactors being showcased on social media. A Johnson-Su bioreactor is …
The mental weather continues on from the last time I wrote something for this magazine. Stuff looks pretty good. I thought I would do a candid evaluation of how crops are looking to start with. Winter Wheat – pretty good on the whole, difficult drilling conditions and some poor headlands. We drilled a chunk very early. …
VARIABLE WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR A RESILIENT SYSTEM WHICH REDUCES RISK. 28 May 2021 2021 marks the 40th anniversary of Claydon Yield-o-Meter Limited, so naturally we would have liked nothing more than to welcome visitors to our Open Days to view our farm and factory but, as in 2020, that has not been possible. The …
