The Young Innovators’ Forum is back for 2020. This year the conference will explore how we can strike the balance between farming and conservation.
This event will report the results of a “Field Lab” project funded through the Innovative Farmers programme (supported via the Soil Association) and will be the opportunity to hear from participating farmers as well as some of the research findings resulting from the project.
Different methods of assessing, improving and maintaining soil health were discussed at the ‘Soil Health and Circular Economy’ Agri-Tech East event hosted by NIAB on
Earthworms are like the miner’s canary, indicating a problem with the underground world. They are sensitive to pH, water-logging, compaction, rotations, tillage and responsive to
“We need to go back to how my grandfather farmed, but using modern science,” says Andrew Blenkiron, Estate Director at Euston Estate and speaker at
“Soil compaction is probably the most significant challenge to all crop development,” says Bill Basford, Independent Mechanisation Specialist. Bill will be giving advice about matching
Digestate, a by-product of anaerobic digestion, is increasingly of interest to farmers as it promises a rich source of nitrogen and an alternative to artificial
“Soil underpins the vast majority of agribusinesses in the UK,” says Professor Jane Rickson of Cranfield University’s Soil and AgriFood Institute which is hosting the
Yield and quality can be improved, within the existing fertilizer budget, by a move to Biological Farming. Soil and tissue testing are essential to assess
GPS positioning can be made accurate to within a few centimetres using a technique called ‘Real Time Kinematics’ developed by farmers. It can be used
“We are very close now to a true ‘connected farm’. I believe the technology and software is there, it is now just a matter of
Soil health is one of the strands of our ‘Geomatics Meets Soil Management’ Special Interest Group meeting on 17th May 2016. Simon Griffin, Technical Manager at