Content related to the topic: rotation

25 March 2025

Grass cover mix options compared on outdoor units

Read about a unique trial aiming to find out how both pigs and the environment can benefit from sowing grass cover mixes to improve soil management on outdoor units.

14 February 2025

BLOG: Ten top tips to reduce the impact of wetter winters on outdoor pig paddocks

In his blog, Andrew Palmer, provides some useful tips for mitigating issues associated with our increasingly wetter winters, such as surface run-off.

6 March 2025

Two levy payers have BIG business ideas

Business Improvement Groups are a great way for farmers to get together and support each other to help improve the profitability of their businesses, with the use of Farmbench to implement change being a topic of discussion in a recent AHDB podcast.

18 November 2020

Do you place enough value on farmyard manure?

Find out how Andrew Palmer, KE Manager, has been working with stakeholders to assess the value of FYM and the impact it can have on crop productivity

3 June 2021

Strategic Cereal Farms to focus on IPM for harvest 2021

Harvest 2021 trials at AHDB Strategic Cereal Farms will focus on the prevention, detection and control of pests, weeds and diseases – key components of IPM (integrated pest management).

21 February 2025

Boosting crop and soil health help reduce fungicide inputs for Wiltshire farmer

Cereals grower Rob Waterston has managed to grow a robust crop of winter wheat using minimal fungicide inputs

3 September 2020

Green manures – implications of economic and environmental benefits on rotational management

Green manures, also referred to as fertility building crops, may broadly be defined as crops grown for the benefit of the soil. This factsheet aims to help growers appreciate the financial implications of their use and the potential for computer models to help integrate them effectively into rotations.

12 June 2020

Grower wants to lower inputs to change mind-sets

Brian Barker whats to see how far he can reduce inputs in wheat

29 May 2020

Dry weather case study - Ian Norbury

The weather is certainly throwing some challenges our way this year and the biggest impact is the reduced grass growth.

29 May 2020

Dry weather case study - Sam Jones

We have gone from the wettest February to the driest April and May, and it doesn’t look as though there is rain coming anytime soon.

22 May 2024

Worming advice from Strategic Farmer Adrian Coombe

Strategic Farmer, Adrian Coombe, farms with his wife Lyn, and father Peter, at Dupath Farm in Callington, Cornwall.

19 October 2020

Cutting costs key at final Chelmsford Monitor Farm meeting

Chasing yield is no longer the biggest priority for a mother and son farming partnership in Essex