Cover crops offer opportunity to repair damaged soils
Establishing a cover crop to help restructure soils may be a better option this year…
Browsing: Soil Health
Two new AHDB publications capture essential soil knowledge to help farmers make even better management choices.
The Principles of soil management guide lays down management foundations for any soil-based system. The Arable soil management: Cultivation…
PARIO automatic instrument revolutionises soil particle size distribution analysis
Labcell, the UK distributor for METER Group is introducing the METER PARIO soil particle size…
Soil health testing upskills knowledge
Enhanced soil health testing has enabled farm management company Sentry, to upskill its knowledge and offer improved…
New research to trial crop mixtures for improved sustainability
An innovative research project aims to demonstrate the benefits of using crop species mixtures as…
All-year approach to soil compaction
Correcting compaction can be done all-year-round says soil specialist Mark Tripney of Soil & Nutrient…
Under-sowing maize has soil health benefits
Trials in Cumbria are showing how a low-cost way of under-sowing maize with Italian ryegrass…
Don’t Forget Soil Sampling – It Could Cost You!
With harvest in full swing it’s also time to think about soil sampling once crops…
Winner of the Soil Farmer of the Year 2019 announced
Julian Gold, an arable farmer from Oxfordshire has been announced as the winner of the…
Tyre technology to help reduce soil compaction
Continental has released a range of new agricultural tyres to help reduce the impact of…