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Lower Eyton Farm: Nutrient Management Planning Project Review
A Farming Connect project focussing on better use of home produced fertilisers shows how managing manure applications and testing soils nutrient status can improve productivity and profitability on Welsh soils.
The project, located at Lower Eyton Farm near Wrexham, focussed...
Composting manure significantly enhances nutrient value
Covering a heap of farmyard manure with sheeting and turning it regularly has been shown to double its potash value and significantly increase phosphorous levels during a Farming Connect trial at a Pembrokeshire organic farm.
The Miles family – Gerald...
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...
Welsh farmers are being urged to make soil management a cornerstone of their farming systems
Arable fields left bare over the winter can pollute watercourses but planting cover crops and ensuring drains and ditches are fully functioning can help farmers protect their soils and avoid possible prosecution.
During a Farming Connect event at Church Farm...
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...
Farming Connect at recent Royal Welsh Muck and Soil Event 2017
Switching from a traditional three-cut silage system to cutting more frequently has lifted forage quality at a Carmarthenshire college farm.
Gelli Aur, a Farming Connect Innovation Site and host of the recent Royal Welsh Muck and Soil Event 2017, is trialling...