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Better soil management: avoiding soil compaction
25 January 2018
Take home messages:
- Soil compaction is major issue for modern agriculture.
- This can influence soil physical and chemical characteristics and can affect soil-based processes.
- Compacted soil is economically damaging to farm business efficiency, as it results...
Multi-species grassland: Is it time to consider your roots?
Take home messages:
- Increasing the amount of species in UK grasslands can offer benefits in terms of production, whilst reducing environmental impact.
- Diverse grassland swards can enhance agro-ecosystem biodiversity and increase soil health and function.
- This approach could reduce necessary...
FC - Issue 11
Below is the 11th issue of Farming Connect’s technical publication for farmers and foresters in Wales.
Published bi-monthly, it includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters, along with the latest information and research from...
Better soil management: reducing or stopping soil tillage
Dr William Stiles: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Take home messages:
- Tillage creates significant disturbance to soil, which can have a negative influence on soil biology and soil organic matter levels.
- This can adversely affect soil health and function.
- Adopting no-till systems...
Poultry manure management
Poultry manure management
Take home messages:
- Poultry manure is rich in nutrients making it an effective fertiliser.
- Initial composting can improve the nutrient composition of this material.
- Guidance should be sought from the APHA before moving it between farms...
Vertical Farming: A new future for food production?
Take home messages:
- Vertical farming is a system of food production in controlled, indoor environments
- This allows factory style precision agriculture
- This approach can reduce the environmental impact and the influence of environmental variability associated with future climate change on...
Agroforestry: an opportunity for sustainable intensification of farmland to improve productivity and reduce environmental impact
Take home messages:
- Increasing the presence of trees in crop or grass systems can offer multiple benefits in terms of agricultural production.
- Agroforestry practices are simple to instigate and can make farmland production more stable in the long term.
- This...
FC - Issue 9
Below is the 9th issue of Farming Connect’s technical publication for farmers and foresters in Wales.
Published bi-monthly, it includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters, along with the latest information and research from...