Capturing carbon in sandy soils nigh on impossible

Farmers face a postcode lottery if plans to reward them financially for increasing soil carbon stocks are to be introduced, two leading soil scientists have warned.

Alice Dyer

23 January 2022 鈥� 2 min read

Farmers face a postcode lottery if plans to reward them financially for increasing soil carbon stocks are to be introduced, two leading soil scientists have warned. Rothamsteds Prof Andrew Neal and...

How one Cheshire farmer is using mixed farming to get on top of grass-weeds

For Cheshire farmer Mike Jones, tackling grass-weeds has not come from one silver bullet solution. Instead, it has been the result of building a more flexible mixed farming system where livestock, forage crops, cultivation strategy and innovative new chemistry all work together

Alice Dyer

01 August 2026 鈥� 6 min read