Tag: food systems

#Groundswell22 @Groundswellaguk

Want to know more about the #fieldlab investigating the best way of managing #livingmulches in arable?

We've put farmer perspectives, data & knowledge exchange films on our website:

https://www.innovativefarmers.org/case-studies/managing-living-mulches-on-arable-farms/

Also plz tell us your experiences? 👇

@Tim_kingsclere explains that going forward going to do more grazing in cereal crops & more #stripgrazing using animals to build #soilfertility. Dominic Amos explains research being completed looking into which #wheatvarieties work best under low/no N conditions #Groundswell22

#Blackgrass loves available #nitrogen - take the N away & you can manage blackgrass levels.
Tips on integrating livestock into arable systems? Be as mobile & flexible as possible says @Tim_kingsclere Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/48u534ht #Groundswell22

#Groundswell22

Looking for an alternative to sprays for #potato pests?

This #fieldlab with @TheAHDB looked at how to use trap crops to tackle potato cyst nematode.

Find out what they learnt, hear farmer perspectives and tips and read the results 👇👇

https://www.innovativefarmers.org/case-studies/trap-crops-to-tackle-potato-cyst-nematode/