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Calf rearing - Agricology Vlog December 2019
blog Richard Smith, Farms Manager for Daylesford Organic, explains how they rear their Friesian calves at Daylesford. This includes having a calf stay with its mum...Animal health & welfare, Dairy cattle, Beef cattle & sheep -
Helen Browning Vlog - Pigs in an organic system
blog Helen Browning, Chief Executive of the Soil Association and farmer at Eastbrook Farm in North Wiltshire introduces the farming enterprise which includes their 200 saddleback...Organic farming, Animal health & welfare, Pigs -
Minimising Soil Disturbance - Grass & Cattle - Agricology Vlog Oct 2019
blog Richard Smith of Daylesford Organic Farms talks about grass leys and how they put them into stubble, and undersowing grass leys into cereal crops. He...Compaction & cultivation, Animal health & welfare, Dairy cattle, Beef cattle & sheep, Cereals, oil seeds & pulses, Grasslands & forage crops, Buildings & machinery, People & skills -
The fight against anti-microbial resistance - how can you improve your animal health & production?
blog The end of the Second World War saw an increase in the need for food. It’s also the period where antibiotics first became available to...Animal health & welfare -
What do you know about plant-based veterinary uses? Can you help?
blog Can plants still be used as veterinary treatment of animals or is this old tittle-tattle? That is the question we want to help answer. It’s...Animal health & welfare, People & skills -
Sowing a Grass & Clover Ley - Agricology Vlog August 2019
blog Richard Smith, Farms Manager at Daylesford Organic Farm discusses how he is converting a conventional arable field into a grass and clover ley for livestock...Animal health & welfare, Grasslands & forage crops, Crop nutrition & fertility building, People & skills -
Herbal Leys - Agricology Vlog August 2019
blog In this short video, Ian Wilkinson (Farm Manager of Honeydale Farm & MD of Cotswold Seeds & FarmED) discusses why they chose deep rooting herbal...Drainage, Animal health & welfare, Grasslands & forage crops, Crop nutrition & fertility building, Pollinators & ecological services -
Fecal Egg Counts (Fecpak) - Agricology Vlog August 2019
blog In this month's Agricology vlog, Richard Smith, Farms Manager for Daylesford Organic, discusses a method they use on the farm called Fecpak which allows them...Animal health & welfare, Beef cattle & sheep, People & skills -
Management and maintenance of agroforestry systems: Lessons from a 30 year old ash silvopastoral trial
blog The fifth and final AFINET workshop for the UK silvopasture sub-group took place at Claydon Estate in Buckinghamshire in early July and was well attended...Agroforestry, Animal health & welfare, People & skills -
Dairy farms needed in project to find best practices to reduce phosphorus loss
blog Research indicates that farm-gate phosphorus (P) surpluses are common on UK dairy farms. By reducing these P surpluses and consequently P losses, we could reap...Type, texture & structure, Animal health & welfare, Dairy cattle, Crop nutrition & fertility building, Business management, Pollinators & ecological services