Main Navigation

• Home

• Crop Research

• Varieties

• Business Improvement

• Markets

• Education

• Exports

• Food & Nutrition

• Environment

• Industrial

Submenu

Environment

Soils and cultivation

Seed bed cultivation will effect the movement of water and nutrients in the soil. Management can maintain nutrients in the soil, help manage weeds, recycle green waste, minimise fertiliser and herbicide inputs and reduce the risk of water pollution.

Soil Information Gateway

To complement existing provision on soil management, the Agriculture and Horticulture Research Forum (AHRF) Soil Information Gateway champions the soil-related achievements of more than fifteen pioneering farmers. It also highlights tips, solutions and strategies that address problems such as erosion, compaction and poaching. The case studies illustrate how growers from different sectors have tackled soil management issues.

HGCA Publications

• Research Review 59 - Review and appraisal of controlled traffic farming
• Project Report 422 - Compost use for soil improvement under field crops
• Project Report 381 - Improving crop profitability by using minimum cultivation and exploiting grass weed ecology
• Research Review 48 - Reduced cultivations for cereals: Research, development and advisory needs under changing economic circumstances

Soil Management and climate change

This fact sheet, number 20 in the Farming Futures series, looks at ways to adapt soil management decisions to the impacts of climate change. 
Please click here to view