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Land preparation

How to prepare your land for the best returns.

Advice and tips

What to consider when changing your establishment system

09 Apr 2018 Drilling Establishment Ploughing and cultivation Soils
How to select the best cover crop species for your farm

29 Jul 2016 Cover crops Crop selection Soils
Why farmers should consider cover crops this autumn

18 Jul 2016 Cover crops

Case studies

How moving less soil helped farmer thwart blackgrass

18 Apr 2018 Blackgrass Establishment Ploughing and cultivation Weed management Weeds
How a min-till approach can improve soil health

13 Apr 2018 Drilling Ploughing and cultivation Seed-bed preparation Soils
Why strip-till is key to one farmer's cultivations approach

10 Apr 2018 Ploughing and cultivation Seed-bed preparation Soils
Scottish spud farm puts trial research into practice

03 Jul 2017 Establishment Potatoes
Video: Fens blackgrass trial shows need for radical rethink

04 Jul 2016 Blackgrass Establishment
What you can learn from no-till farmers in Australia

07 Mar 2016 Establishment

Insights

Video: Maintain potato yields and cut cultivation costs

10 Feb 2016 Diseases management Establishment Potatoes
Cut nutrient and sediment losses with cover crops and min-till

25 Jun 2015 Cover crops Establishment

Video

Video: Fens blackgrass trial shows need for radical rethink

04 Jul 2016 Blackgrass Establishment
Video: Maintain potato yields and cut cultivation costs

10 Feb 2016 Diseases management Establishment Potatoes