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Cultivating knowledge - Farmers asking the FarmPEP community their questions.
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Field drainage is installed to rapidly remove excess soil water to reduce or eliminate waterlogging and return soils to their natural field capacity. Drains can be used to control a water table or to…
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Grass in farming is interconnected with livestock systems for their feed, in the form of grazing, haylage and silage, and is also used as 'leys' (short-term grasslands) to regenerate soil structure…
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Social media platforms are an important source of knowledge exchange for many in agriculture, especially peer to peer.
Nitrogen Efficient Plants for Climate Smart Arable Cropping Systems (NCS) is a four-year £5.9M ambitious research programme involving 200 UK farms and 18 partners.
The project is funded by the Defra…
NCS project partners are conducting pulse cropping and animal feed trials as part of the NCS Project.
Farmers are taking part in and being paid for on-farm trials as part of the NCS project.
Cobalt is an essential trace element for sheep used to make vitamin B12 which supports growth. However, cobalt deficiency (also known as ill thrift/pine) can be common in weaned lambs. This can…
Establishing diverse swards can improve the resilience of grazing platforms. However, the un-quantified effect of increased sward diversity on milk yield and quality is a potential financial risk for…
Weaning shock causes physiological stress and can cause a sudden increase in worm burden in lambs.
Four farmers have teamed up with Farm Carbon Toolkit to test diverse leys and cover crops which…