Arable Farming

LAMMA might be famed for its big kit, glistening paintwork and impressive machines, but with technology set to change the way we farm over the next decade, Arable Farming checked out some of the latest software.

Trials at the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Allerton Project have found low disturbance tillage systems could give beneficial insect populations a boost, reducing pressure from pests.

With a new decade of challenges and opportunities ahead in the potato sector, the 30th Cambridge University Potato Growers Research Association (CUPGRA) conference at Robinson College focused on building business resilience.

Seed potatoes are being grown aeroponically and in addition to being free from pests and diseases, are yielding more and costing less than when they are grown conventionally.

I would like to start this month’s article by wishing everyone a Happy New Year, a year which I hope will be significantly more stable in terms of both weather and political shenanigans.

What will the future of arable farming look like? Farmers Guardian went in search of some of the new technology set to change the way we farm.