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Straw – what is it good for?

Author Name: AHDB ed Alan Spedding There is a significant amount of potential profit for the grower, as well as bedding or energy potential, in the millions of tonnes of straw which is currently incorporated into the soil. Straw incorporation is seen by some as a useful means of sequestering carbon and...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Mon, Apr 29 2013
Agroforestry

Author Name: Stephen Briggs, Nuffield Farming Scholarship Agroforestry can make farms bigger and more productive, using deeper soil layers and the air space above the farm and make better use of the sun, air, soil and water than monoculture, It can be as profitable as monoculture, especially when high...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Tue, Feb 19 2013
Carbon calculator for sheep farmers

Author Name: EBLEX Practical on-farm changes that can cut a sheep farm’s carbon footprint and improve returns can be tested with a new online tool. The Sheep Carbon Footprint Tool has been developed by EBLEX and The E-CO2 Project to see where the most efficient gains can be made in cutting the...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Tue, Feb 5 2013
Farm Greenhouse Gas Mitigation

Author Name: Defra Farmers are increasing activities which improve greenhouse gas mitigation. 68% use nutrient management plans for fertilisers and manures, about 37% of managed land has been drained, more than half of livestock farms can store solid manure on a solid base, three quarters of livestock...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Wed, Jul 4 2012
Farming Futures– Fast Forward to the future

Author Name: Farming Futures So, it’s happened. Farming Futures, like the iconic friendly local corner shop, is “under new management”. read more

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Mon, Sep 26 2011
Industry Survey: Supporting Community Energy

Author Name: Jin Park, University of Sussex Researchers at the University of Sussex - Science and Technology Policty Research Unit are studying how community energy can spread and grow and are looking for groups to take part in an online survey of community energy projects. The results will be used to...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Wed, Aug 24 2011
Putting the record straight on climate change

Author Name: EBLEX - the organisation for the English beef and sheep sector One of the biggest frustrations for those working in the livestock industry is the relentless attempts by the media and single issue groups to portray the sector as the villain of the piece when it comes to environmental matters...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Thu, Aug 11 2011
Pastures new - Farming Futures moves to a new home

Author Name: Madeleine Lewis Farming Futures enters a new phase this month. As you know, we were looking for a new host after our five-year Defra funding came to a close. So we're very pleased to announce that the project has a new home! The Centre of Excellence for UK Farming (CEUKF for short)...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Wed, Jun 15 2011
Charlotte's web: social media and farming

Author Name: Madeleine Lewis She grew up on a dairy farm, bought her first cow when she was seven, and her husband's a dairy nutritionist. So when Michele Payn-Knoper was stumped by her Hosltein dairy calf not weaning, she did what any self-respecting 21st-century farmer would: she went onto Twitter...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Tue, Mar 29 2011
Goal! We did it - another award for team FF

Author Name: Claire Wyatt Farming Futures has scored a hattrick and won the Climate Week award for the 'Best Campaign'. Having recently won a Global Green Award and voted the best website for climate change and agricuture information by Farmers Weekly, we wanted to go one strep further with...

Posted to Farming Futures Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Wed, Mar 23 2011

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