We are constantly fine tuning our methods and striving for increased productivity.

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Local Hay Exchange

30th August 2019

Locally, a ‘hay exchange’ group has been established by Worcestershire Wildlife Trust set to create a network of donor and recipient meadows to help maintain…

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Oilseed Rape Harvest 2019

9th August 2019

Our Oilseed Rape harvest began on the 24th July, over 2 weeks later than last year’s extraordinary harvest campaign. This year’s sample has been excellent,…

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July Crop Update

6th August 2019

With harvest now imminent the final preparations were made and with volunteers suddenly thin on the ground I donned my dust mask to give the…

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In the media

1st August 2019

Springfield Farm and farm manager Ben Knight have been featured in August’s Farmers Guide.   Speaking about how an integrated approach to crop establishment has…

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June Crop Update

10th July 2019

Always a favourite spray timing of mine on the wheats, the T3 fungicide was applied during the first week in June. It was with some…

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Speaking at Cereals 2019

14th June 2019

As farm manager of Springfield Farm and an advocate of soil health, I was invited to speak in the Conservation Agriculture Theatre at Cereals this…

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May Crop Update

7th June 2019

Being an important time for Wheat, we applied our flag leaf spray on out conventional varieties on Sunday 18th, half the fields covered in the…

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Spring Open Days

31st May 2019

Being a Mzuri trial farm means we often host groups of farmers who want to see how the Mzuri strip tillage system performs in practice….

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April Crop Update

13th May 2019

During April our Winter Wheat has received its third dose of Nitrogen, ahead of the rain and its T1 fungicide. Our T1 this year comprised…

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