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The Global Farm Metric framework is a common framework for all food and farming stakeholders to understand, measure and monitor farm-level sustainability.

Real Wealh Ranching’s ‘condensed steps to gradually wean your land from the high cost of synthetic fertilisers without losing your shirt in the process’.

DiverIMPACTS case studies across Europe highlight why crop diversification strategies have been successful and what challenges needed to be overcome to achieve success.

A series of Pasture-Fed Livestock Association (PFLA) case studies which focus on various ways in which farmers are increasing biodiversity on their farm.

Details of planting designs for 3 contrasting farms in Devon who are taking part in a long-term field lab trial to help justify financial commitment to turn pasture over to silvopasture.

The DIVERSify project Guide for Farmers and Agronomists – summarising key results from the intercropping research carried out in an easily digestible way, dividing information into 3 keys areas.

Assess the potential business benefits of agroforestry for your farm or client and understand the possible benefits to the wider environment with this invaluable handbook.

The actions we take in the next 10 years to stop ecosystems collapse, recover and regenerate nature and restore people’s health and wellbeing are critical. The Food, Farming and Countryside Commission sets out ways for policymakers, business and communities to respond to the challenges in this report.

Benchmark the physical and economic performance of your farm business with the help of the Farm Business Survey.

The Encyclopaedia of Arable Weeds: Understand every aspect of arable weeds to successfully manage your arable land.

Information focusing on the options available to farmers to help manage Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) and Turnip yellows virus (TuYV).

Part of the AMBER project (which identifies practical ways for growers to improve the performance of biopesticides), this page provides a brief overview of some benefits and challenges of using them.

Know your enemy – an integrated approach to slug control is more effective than using chemical slug pellets alone

Which soil tests to do, when to do them, which fields and where on the fields to test to get a representative sample.

Alex Heffron uses a plate meter to monitor the volume of forage available in fields across his farm allowing him to improve grass growth and soil health with mob grazing.

Spring and autumn are the best times to do soil tests. Try the three most important and easy soil tests you can do yourself on your land to understand soil health.

Use this soil test to learn how active microbes are in your soil. Monitoring respiration rates indicates the soil’s ability to support living roots and plant growth.

Read these books to get up to speed on soil health and how to build it for your land.

Find out how good your soil is at preventing precious nutrients from washing away with the rain and what you can do to reduce nutrient loss.

Know Your Soils #4: “If you want to capture carbon, you have to think like carbon!” hear from Napa RCD soil scientist & farmer Charles Schembre about ways to monitor and sequester carbon on farm.

Invaluable guidance for farmers from the AGFORWARD team on how to plan, create and manage an agroforestry system.

How much topsoil and nutrients do you lose with rainwater run-off? This resource explains a test you can do to understand how much is running off & whether it’s eroding topsoil and nutrients.

Learn how to identify different types of earthworms and therefore how you may be able to improve your soil management in this quiz brought to you as the second of a twelve part series called ‘Know your Soils from the Soilmentor team.

The first of a twelve part series called  ‘Know your Soils, where practical tips for monitoring soil health and simple tests you can do on your farm land will be shared in the form of videos and fact sheets.