Even moderate levels of soil compaction can reduce grassland output levels by 20%, according to Alex Higgins, from the Agri-Food...
July 7, 2019
December 5 this year was World Soil Day. I hope it provided members of the general public everywhere with the...
December 30, 2018
December 5 this year was World Soil Day. I hope it provided members of the general public everywhere with the opportunity...
With the Agriculture Bill set to reward farmers for ‘public goods’, such as healthy soils, BASIS is preparing to launch...
November 29, 2018
LIC (Livestock Improvement Corporation), the New Zealand farmer-owned co-operative, held its Pasture to Profit Conference 2018 in Birmingham yesterday, October...
October 17, 2018
Healthy soils are said to be the engine driving production on any farm; but just how much could poor soil...
August 22, 2018
‘Soil Health’ is a relatively new term that is being discussed more and more by farmers, growers, agronomists and researchers....
July 19, 2018
Rothamsted Research has drawn down European Union (EU) funding, which will kick-start a new programme of agricultural innovation at the...
July 5, 2018
If you are one of over 1,000 farmers across Northern Ireland who received free soil sampling and analysis reports and...
March 20, 2018
Land is the most limiting and expensive resource on dairy farms but only half of Northern Irish soils analysed this...
January 24, 2018
You might feel like you need tracks – or maybe even a raft – to cope with some of the...
December 30, 2017
The amount of livestock manure applied in the UK each year would fill all the lanes of the M1, plus...
December 27, 2017
There has been plenty of discussion around fertiliser application in January and it is not a once size fits all...
January 31, 2017
Marking a scale of heights against cover values on a well-used pair of wellingtons is the easiest way to measure...
November 18, 2016
The regular assessment of earthworm populations will provide farmers with important perspectives on the overall health status of their soils,”...
January 26, 2016
There are tremendous prospects for young people from Ireland to establish attractive share farming opportunities in western Poland, according to...
May 22, 2015
Healthy soils are critical for global food production. But we are not paying enough attention to this important silent ally,...
December 7, 2014
Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorus (P) statements for the period January 1 to September 30, 2014 are available online for all...
October 25, 2014
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