16th June 2024
Sustainable Solutions: Making every hectare pay
Optimising productivity to return the best profit possible is helping one Kent farmer target long-term sustainability. CPM speaks to him to discover how he’s doing this.
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14th May 2024
SFI balance: Doing the right thing
With the government demonstrating it can easily move the goalposts when it comes to SFI, concerns are being raised regarding potential abuse of the system. CPM shares perspectives of those at the coalface.
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15th April 2024
Sustainable Solutions: Refining a mixed system
Ensuring an efficient agricultural business across every productive square metre of the land is the primary aim of Gatley Farms in Herefordshire. CPM learns how this approach is complementing the farm’s sustainability goals.
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15th April 2024
Biological farming: With nature in mind
A farmer in South Staffordshire is proving that a system doesn’t require a label to achieve great things for nature and the environment, while meeting productivity goals. CPM meets Tim Parton.
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14th April 2024
Paludiculture: Wetter farming
It’s a term that’s creeping into the lexicon of researchers and industry alike, but what is paludiculture, why has it suddenly popped up, and how does it differ from traditional peatland restoration? CPM investigates.
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12th April 2024
BASE-UK conference: Cover magic
Cover crops and other aspects of regenerative agriculture were discussed at the recent BASE-UK conference. CPM picks out some highlights for part two of coverage of this event.
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12th April 2024
SFI survey: Opportunities in SFI
With SFI hot in the headlines once again, CPM explores how growers intend to use the scheme and whether or not it offers real value and opportunities for farmers.
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10th March 2024
IPM workshop: Pushing IPM forward
As integrated pest management continues to gain importance, CPM looks at some of the research projects and tools aimed at helping growers to adopt it more widely.
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10th March 2024
BASE-UK conference: Energising soil health
A PhD study conducted using Agrovista’s Lamport AgX site is providing a scientific basis for why cover crops help to improve soil health. CPM heard more at the recent BASE-UK conference.
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10th March 2024
Agroecology conference: Why organic matter builds resilience
What’s the true value of organic matter? A Rothamsted researcher explained how it builds resilience in soils during the recent Hutchinsons Agroecology conference.
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10th March 2024
Sustainable Solutions: Success in flexibility
Taking a flexible and adaptable approach to farming has helped Ed Walton to successfully manage multiple challenges, proving the area of land doesn’t always matter, but the way it’s farmed does. CPM speaks to him…