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A north Yorkshire grower has transitioned into low disturbance, one-pass drilling using a Horsch Sprinter equipped with J.J. Metcalfe’s 12mm coulter conversion. Geoff Ashcroft reports.

For one Lincolnshire grower establishing a crop of oilseed rape has become a simpler and cheaper affair, with the use of a combine mounted auto-casting seeder.

The role of Blackface sheep has been well refined at Calla Farm in the years since the family moved here in 1969. Ewan Pate finds out more about how they fit into the business mix.

August 2021 Dairy Farming edition

As part of a wider plan for a large estate to survive without support payments, arable land has been converted to a grazing platform for 300 cows and is set to produce a 7 per cent base return on investment for the landowner.