Soils
15 January 2026
A list of companies that offer soil testing and/or forage analysis.
15 August 2019
The Agronomist Conference this year will focus on IPM
10 October 2025
Maintaining good soil health is essential to optimise production from both grazing and silage swards. In this section, you’ll find out how to assess your soil and see how beef farmer, Johnny Haimes uses his nutrient management plan.
23 January 2026
Guidance to help farmers map clubroot pressures and identify management options, which include targeted treatment at problematic patches, has been updated.
8 July 2019
Norfolk grower Richard Ling committed to develop a sustainable arable business that can stand on its own two feet, at the launch of the new Diss Monitor Farm.
10 January 2025
DNA techniques are being researched to estimate the effect of soil- and crop-management practices on soil microbial communities.
23 January 2026
Our soil health scorecard can reveal the state of the land. This article explains how.
14 January 2026
Create an at-a-glance snapshot of soil health. Download the scorecard for England and Wales (below) and get the tool for Scotland.
6 June 2019
To help improve British soils, a system akin to traffic lights and an MOT is in development as part of an Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) research partnership.
20 May 2019
Three industry organisations have joined forces to launch a brand new field-based arable event for Scotland.
17 May 2019
Two upcoming monitor farm meetings will dig deeper into soil health for the arable sector.
2 April 2019
Relatively dry winter conditions across most of the UK mean farmers could potentially reduce the amount of nitrogen applied to crops
