IN THE NEWS
December 2021 Subsoiler helps soil and cover crops on heavy land in Northants by David Jones, Farmers Weekly
October 2021 Soil Focus Eases Black Grass Burden by Tom Allen Stevens, Crop Protection Magazine
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May 2021 The Crop It Like It's Hot Podcast: How can arable farmers be more resilient to adverse weather? by Alice Dyer, Farmers Guardian
February 2021 Real Results Pioneers – Dig down to preserve potential by Tom Allen-Stevens, Crop Protection Magazine
February 2021
Agroecology: Benefits of trees for farm soils by Bob Walker, Farming Today, Radio 4, 03.02.2021
January 2021 Effect of Farm Management on Topsoil Organic Carbon and Aggregate Stability in Water by Jenni Dungait, Direct Driller
December 2020 Sustainable Gain - The Biggest Carbon Store on Earth by Tom Allen-Stevens, Crop Protection Magazine
June 2020 Cereals Live: Top tips on climate proofing your soil by Alice Dyer, Farmers Guardian
April 2020 'Urgent need' for national soil monitoring as lack of investment is revealed by Alice Dyer, Farmers Guardian
February 2020 7 ways to flood-proof soils and improve drainage by David Jones, Farmers Weekly
February 2020 What is the impact of waterlogging on soil and crop health? by Alice Dyer, Farmers Guardian
June 2019 Teabags tell the story of the soil by Tom Allen-Stevens, Crop Protection Magazine
April 2019
Mud and guts: Europe’s forgotten environmental crisis by Emmet Livingstone, Politico.
November 2017
Farm Soil Subsidies Letters to the Editor, The Times, November 30 2017
March 2017 Measuring and monitoring soil health by Ann Hardy, Farmers Guardian
February 2014 Grasses offer best hope of slowing down flood waters Western Morning News
Presentations
April 2021 Digging Deeper into Your Soils: Part 2 North Wessex Downs Spring Webinar Programme online
March 2021 Getting to Know Your Soils: Part 1 North Wessex Downs Spring Webinar Programme online
January 2021 Tooling up to tackle carbon: what are we learning about carbon sequestration ORFC Global on-line
January 2021 Future-Proofing farms against climate change: the role of trees in healthy soil management ORFC Global on-line
June 2020 Climate proofing farm soils Cereals LIVE, virtual event, Climate Change webinar
March 2020 Repaying the soil carbon debt Sustainable Futures Annual Conference, York.
January - March 2020 Flooding and farmland soils BASF Real Results Roadshow (Newbury, Exeter, Shrewsbury, Maidstone, Suffolk, Lincoln, York, Edinburgh)
January 2020 What is a healthy soil? Oxford Farming Conference 2020, Breakout session: How do we define a Healthy Farm?
November 2019 Soils and sustainable farming Innovation for Agriculture, Kelso.
March 2019
The importance of soil organic matter for soil quality British Grassland Society Winter Conference, Solihull
February 2019 Cashing in on Carbon FCCT The Soil Carbon Project Workshop, Ladock and Warwick.
January 2019 The role of soil carbon in sustainable farm management & Become a Soil Health Expert for your farm: A farmer-led Soil Health Index Real Oxford Farming Conference, Oxford
January 2019 Cultivate your Carbon BASF Real Results Conference, Cambridge
September 2017
Food for Thought Adapt:Modify Symposium,
Wellcome Collection, London
June 2018 Dirt Unearthed BASF Crop Protection Global Sustainability Workshop, Germany
February 2017 Options for using Proxy Measures to Monitor Soil Health and Soil Organic Matter Pasture Fed Livestock Association, Fir Farm, Glos
September 2016 Soil carbon: a view from the lab Pasture Fed Livestock Association, Sheepdrove Farm, Berks.
February 2015 Farming Profitably in a Changing Climate FCCT meeting, Harnhill Farm, Cirencester, Glos.
March 2014 Benefits of Building Soil Carbon: the current scientific evidence Building Soil Carbon Masterclass, Farm Carbon Cutting Toolkit meeting, Lower Northcott Farm, Devon.
October 2013 The Benefits of Carbon for Soil Quality Forage Field Conference, Soil the Hidden Resources, Stoneleigh Park, Warks.
March 2012 T he Benefits of Carbon for Soil Quality Soil Association, Duchy Home Farm, Glos.
Films
February 2017
Do plants need soil to grow? The Royal Society, Prof Brian Cox School Experiments
March 2014 New ‘supergrass’ could reduce flooding ITV Southwest
2011 Health from the Ground Up Pasture Promise TV
June 2013 Measuring a cow's carbon hoofprint BBC Sunday Politics South WestNew Paragraph