Duchy College
Duchy College is a leading land-based college at the heart of rural education and training in Devon and Cornwall. The college provides a top quality standard of education with a comprehensive range of qualifications available up to degree level.
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Herbal Leys Virtual Field Day: Parts 1 & 2
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This is part 1 and 2 of a collaborative 2-part series of virtual events exploring establishment, management, soil health, grazing and ensiling in relation to herbal leys.
The importance of soil health, learnings from a Nuffield adventure
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There is a growing recognition that in order to reduce high levels of atmospheric carbon we need not just to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also sequester atmospheric carbon in the soil.
Novel vegetables: Observations on growing a range of tropical crops
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Interested in diversifying? Perhaps growing some tropical crops? This report provides some useful insights from some trials run in West Cornwall.
Diffuse water pollution, GHGs and ammonia emissions
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Identify where and how you can make changes on your farm to help reduce diffuse water and air pollution and GHGs.
Using green waste compost as a soil management tool
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A grower’s experience and insights on using green waste compost within a rotational farming system to improve soil structure.
Improving efficiency, profitability and sustainability through reducing farm emissions
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Becky Willson from Farm Carbon Toolkit looks at the benefits of reducing carbon emissions on your farm and explains the practical steps to achieve this.
Farm Health Online – A New Repository of Good Practice
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Stephen Roderick from Duchy College's Rural Business School explains the idea behind this comprehensive new online resource for livestock farmers.
FarmHealthOnline.com
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This knowledge hub for livestock farmers and advisors will enable proactive animal health and welfare planning and help with decision-making.
Fertility Building
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Using legumes and farming practices to maximise on free nitrogen (N); improve N availability, increase the amount fixed, minimise losses.
Nutrient Wise Demos
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Farmer focused guidance on managing nutrients on your farm, with information on trials run through the Nutrient Wise project.
Manure use efficiency
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A SWARM Hub webpage to help you maximise on available nutrients in organic manures, make savings and reduce environmental losses.
The Farm Crap App Pro
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Duchy College and Rothamsted Research’s mobile manure management app; find out how you can use it and access the app from this webpage.