Strategic Cereal Farm East

Name:

David Jones

Location:

Norfolk

Farm sectors:

Cereals & Oilseeds

Twitter:

@Morleyfarms

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About Strategic Cereal Farm East

David Jones is hosting the Strategic Cereal Farm East in 2023–2029
Morley Farms Ltd. is a 750 ha farming enterprise, 700 ha of which is cropped
Generally Grade 2 or Grade 3 soils, ranging from light sandy loam to medium sandy clay loams
Current rotation: wheat, malting barley, oilseed rape, sugar beet and dried peas
Trials have been hosted at Morley Farms for various organisations since 1965
The farm was accepted into the SFI pilot and has previously had land in CSS/ELMS

Morley Farms Ltd. is a commercial farming enterprise which farms the land owned by The Morley Agricultural Foundation (TMAF). The charity invests generously in agricultural research, student studies, professional development of farmers and educational initiatives for school-age children, as well as hosting plot and field-scale trials for multiple research organisations. As a result, farm manager David Jones has become familiar with on-farm innovation.

David sees the Strategic Cereal Farm programme as an opportunity to further his experience with trials and bridge the gap between research and commercial farming. Areas of interest for the six-year programme include reducing reliance on plant protection products, with a broader goal of continuing to farm conventionally in a way that delivers on yields but is also more sympathetic towards the environment.

Main trials

Cultural weed control strategies: Italian rye-grass target
The recent identification of glyphosate resistance in Italian rye-grass highlights the importance of evaluating, tailoring and adopting non-chemical weed management options.

Integrated pest management: BYDV target
This work explores how variety choice and decision support systems (DSS) can help manage aphid and Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) risks in winter wheat.

Nutrient use efficiency: nitrogen target
A robust, three-replicate, split tramline trial was used to evaluate the efficiency of a polymer urea product at the final application timing.

Learn about the on-farm trials at Strategic Cereal Farm East