Skip to main content

You are here

Crops, forage & horticulture

Crops, forage & horticulture: Sub-themes

Upcoming events related to Crops, forage & horticulture

Filter by keyword

Filter by type

Explore our content related to this farming theme

Displaying 1 - 10 of 275

“We found a way to farm with nature rather than against it.”

blog We’re living through a climate emergency, where 10% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture. Keeping the status quo is not an option...

Organic farming, Type, texture & structure, Drainage, Organic matter, Beef cattle & sheep, Grasslands & forage crops, Natural resources & waste, People & skills, Pollinators & ecological services, Biodiversity
Wakelyns Agroforestry: Resilience through diversity

resource Organic Research Centre / Woodland Trust A publication explaining the on-farm research carried out at Wakelyns and led by the late plant pathologist Prof. Martin Wolfe, putting into action his theories...

Agroforestry, Cereals, oil seeds & pulses, Roots & horticulture, Markets & food systems, Pollinators & ecological services, Biodiversity, Climate
Josey Field

farmers_and_growers
Kipscombe Farm, Lynmouth, Devon
Kipscombe Farm is part of West Exmoor National Trust; some 3,500 acres of woodland, heathland, and enclosed pasture, of which the farm makes up 880...

Integrated Farming
Reducing tillage in organic with the roller crimper - James Alexander Vlog

blog James Alexander explains how he is looking to reduce tillage in an organic system on Litchfield Farm. He explains the roller crimper method to kill...

Compaction & cultivation, Weeds, Cereals, oil seeds & pulses, Buildings & machinery
Oxford Real Farming Conference 2020 - Agricology in Practice

blog Agriculture has huge potential to be part of the solution to enhancing biodiversity, addressing climate change and supporting and enhancing natural resources, whilst also building...

Type, texture & structure, Compaction & cultivation, Drainage, Rotations, Organic matter, Soil biology, Weeds, Pests & diseases, Crop nutrition & fertility building, Pollinators & ecological services, Biodiversity, Climate
Can we shape the future of the Cornish agri-environment?

blog The future of the agricultural environment is dogged by uncertainty - the Government is in flux, Brexit may or may not happen at some point,...

Cereals, oil seeds & pulses, Grasslands & forage crops, Regulations, standards & policy, Business management, People & skills, Biodiversity, Climate, Communities & education
Small Farm Profits

resource Ecological Land Cooperative Small is beautiful; small is successful - ‘Small Farm Profits’ details ten case studies of economically viable, sustainable & creative enterprises working on small acreages.

Roots & horticulture, Business management, Markets & food systems, People & skills, Biodiversity, Nutrition & public health, Communities & education
Time for lime

blog Autumn is the perfect time for lime to capitalise on early spring growth on low pH soils. If ground conditions permit, taking action now to...

Type, texture & structure, Grasslands & forage crops, Crop nutrition & fertility building, People & skills
Undersowing of leys in arable crops

resource ORC / GWCT / LEAF / OF&G / Soil Association / SRUC / Agricology - as part of Defra Project OF03111 Organic Management Techniques A comprehensive guide to the use of undersown leys in arable cropping systems and the potential benefits.

Drainage, Weeds, Animal health & welfare, Cereals, oil seeds & pulses, Crop nutrition & fertility building, People & skills, Pollinators & ecological services
Georgie Bray

farmers_and_growers
RSPB Hope Farm, Knapwell, Cambridgeshire
The RSPB bought Hope Farm, a conventional arable farm in Cambridgeshire, in 2000, with the aim of developing and trialling farming techniques which produce food...

Integrated Farming

Pages