Content related to the topic: soils

16 July 2026

Digging deeper: Strategic Farm unearths drainage solutions

Soil pits and lateral thinking are helping to shape field drainage trials at Strategic Cereal Farm North.

16 July 2026

New guidance to make sense of soil health indicators

Looking at how monitoring soil health more frequently within the rotation can support management decisions.

16 July 2026

Measure aggregate stability to detect changes in soil health early

Measuring aggregate stability can detect changes in soil health earlier than other indicators.

16 July 2026

Using potentially mineralisable nitrogen to measure soil health

Potentially mineralisable nitrogen (PMN) is a measure of organic nitrogen in soil.

16 July 2026

Measure active carbon to detect early changes in soil health

Measuring active carbon is a way to spot changes in soil health earlier than other indicators, including soil organic matter.

15 September 2026

North Yorkshire: Multi-species swards – from seed to feed

Learn about growing multi-species swards and herbal leys, and how they can improve livestock performance and boost economic return

25 August 2026

Cumbria: Multi-species swards – from seed to feed

Learn about growing multi-species swards and herbal leys, and how they can improve livestock performance and boost economic return

10 June 2026

Emerging year 1 Environment Baselining Pilot results

Looking at the emerging themes from the first year of data from the Environment Baselining Pilot farms. 

24 June 2026

AHDB-led pilot shows current soil carbon measurement methodologies may be underestimating carbon stocks by a third or more

Our Environment Baselining Pilot suggests 30% or more of soil organic carbon on the pilot farms sits below 30cm depth.

16 June 2026

Huntingdonshire Monitor Farm: Launch and summer farm walk

There’s a new Monitor Farm in Huntingdonshire! Join us at Common Farm with the team at G T Ramply & Son to hear about their plans as the next AHDB Monitor Farm for the area.

20 May 2026

Put soil first to support crop protection benefits

We explore how plant protection products impact the soil microbiome.

30 July 2026

Herefordshire: Multi-species swards – from seed to feed

Learn about growing multi-species swards and herbal leys, and how they can improve livestock performance and boost economic return