One can hardly fail to miss the onslaught of discussion and publications extoling the virtues of “reduced cultivations” (in all there...

Each year I am asked about management of horse paddocks by clients who need better and more consistent grazing for either their friend,...

Back to Basics. There are only two items that control yield within commercially grown crops. 1) Light 2) Moisture. You can of course...

Soil compaction is a huge problem for UK agriculture. There are many published reports on the why’s and wherefores some of which can be...

When soil is waterlogged, plants literally drown. Water fills all the air spaces between the soil particles and this prevents oxygen from...

For practical purposes soil texture can be assessed by hand using the method outlined in the Appendix of RB209. This method relies on...

Currently I am soil sampling. A week ago frozen ground made getting the gouge auger in the ground difficult.