Long-term approach to soils pays off for heavy land farmer

When Andrew Walters first arrived as farm manager at Boddington Estates in 2014, the rotation was tight, black-grass pressure was high, and soils needed improvement

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Farmer Andrew Walter and his Severn Trent adviser Ben Perry
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Farmer Andrew Walter and his Severn Trent adviser Ben Perry

Located just west of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, the 607-hectare Boddington Estate sits on predominantly heavy Evesham clay soil, with the majority down to cereals. Combined with rainfall typical of the...

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