Farm type: Mixed  Location: Herefordshire  Size: 250 Acres  Soil type: Sandy loam The Soil Farmer of the Year award for 2025 went to John Joseph of Trecorras Farm near Ross-on-Wye, whose decision to focus on soil health, while bringing environmental benefits, was purely ...

Westerwold ryegrass can be a very useful option to bulk up forage stocks from a spring sowing. Unlike other grass species, Westerwold will provide a full yield within the year of sowing, while the yield of other species like perennial ryegrass can be reduced by about ⅓ from a spring sown ...

Farm type: Mixed Location: Hampshire  Size: 2300 Acres  Soil type: Mostly chalk with clay cap and flint  Mixes used: Red and white clover silage leys, cover crops James Anderson is Farm Manager of the Biddesden House Farm Partnership, a 2300 acre estate just north of Andover, ...

Farm type: Dairy and cheesemaking  Location: Leicestershire  Size: 152 hectares  Soil type: Mild clay loam  Mixes used: Bespoke herbal cutting mix, grazable cover crop mix At Sparkenhoe Farm, in Leicestershire, Will Clarke, a third generation farmer, specialises in making ...

The latest newsletter from Legume Legacy features details on Meret Meret Kaspereit's interdisciplinary secondment on in vitro rumen fermentation and methane analysis at the University of Reading Earlier this year, Meret undertook an interdisciplinary secondment at the University of ...