New BASIS classroom module aims to teach growers how to build soil resilience for a changing climate

After a prolonged drought, A new module in the BASIS Classroom focuses on issues of effective soil management to help retain as much soil moisture as possible during long, dry spells as crops ripen

Head of Arable

06 August 2026 鈥� 2 min read

Recent years have seen considerable advances in our understanding of soils, not just as a medium for crop growth, but also as a living environment bustling with micro-organisms and a place where carbon...

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