Back Issue - Direct Driller Magazine 8

Back Issue - Direct Driller Magazine 8

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CONTENTS ISSUE 8

Introduction.........................................................................................4 

UK Soil Observatory.............................................................................4 

Featured Farmer: John Pawsey..............................................................6 

Mechanical Weeding? ..........................................................................8 

Gypsum trials and phosphate run-off...................................................14 

Farmer Focus: Tom Sewell...................................................................18 

Conservation Agriculture without glyphosate.......................................21 

Horsch's new Hybrid System...............................................................26 

Farmer Focus: Clive Bailye ..................................................................32 

Cover Crop Strategy...........................................................................34 

Landowner Focus: Sally Beard.............................................................36 

Prevented Planting in the USA ............................................................40 

Why do we need to sample? ...............................................................43 

Soil Sampling and Fertiliser .................................................................47 

Sniffing Soil .......................................................................................52 

Water in Focus: Affinity Water ............................................................54 

Farmer Focus: Andy Howard ...............................................................58 

AHDB: Making the move to Direct Drilling ..........................................60 

AHDB: Soil Health in New Zealand......................................................62 

Clemson Soil Health Event..................................................................66 

Drill tour of Agritechnica.....................................................................68 

Farmer Focus: Neil White....................................................................72 

Agricology on Companion Crops .........................................................76 

Composting with basalt ......................................................................78 

Farmer Focus:Steve Lear.....................................................................82 

Future Technoology at Agritechnica.....................................................84 

BASE UK at Croptec 2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . 86 

Carbon Footprint of Farming...............................................................90 

Project Lamport: Compaction and Cover Crops....................................92 

Rothamsted: Wild Flower Strips ..........................................................94 

Upcoming Events ...............................................................................98