Blogs

We are experiencing an exceptional heatwave. Drought conditions are having severe impacts on arable crop yields and the forage available for livestock.  

Numerous options within agri-environment schemes provide an opportunity to encourage pollinating insects on farmland by creating diverse flower-rich areas where bees and other insects can forage. 

They say it’s the people that make the place and we believe that to be very true here at the Allerton Project. Our original charitable objectives set out by Lord and Lady Allerton, still stand today, one of which is the advancement of public education into different farming methods. 

Richard Barnes of Kings Crops provides an update on the long-term work being conducted with our team at the Allerton Project.

Allerton Project Head of Research Prof. Chris Stoate takes a deeper look at some of the environmental benefits buffer strips can deliver.

It’s time to celebrate British farming again and we’re opening our gates for another Open Farm Sunday!

We respond to a recent piece in The Times blaming farmers for polluting the environment.

We respond to a recent letter in The Guardian on the amount of public money needed to ensure England's soil is fit for farming.

A dozen farmers recently met at Loddington as part of our Soil Biology and Soil Health project with AHDB, led by Elizabeth Stockdale at NIAB.

GWCT soil scientist Felicity Crotty congratulates the government for highlighting the importance of healthy soil, both for agriculture and the environment.