BASE-UK - FARM WALK BY KIND INVITATION FROM GUY LEONARD

Posted July, 29th, 2019

Guy Leonard kindly invited members to a farm walk on 16th May 2019 – here is his report:

We had great weather in Holderness on the evening of 16th May when approximately 20 BASE members gave up their time to visit my farm.

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We started in the farmyard at West Hill where the drill was located and I discussed the progression since 2012/13 to where we are today on the conservation farming system that I have employed.

We discussed the rotation and where we see the future with reduced reliance on ag Chem and inorganic fertilisers.

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Then we went and visited a field of spring oats and spring beans, viewed them and dug some holes to look at the soil conditions. 

After that we went to a field of first wheat after spring beans.

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Winter Wheat direct drilled into Spring Bean stubble

Derek Megginson very kindly rogued some black grass for me.

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The above pictures are of Spring Oats 6 weeks after drilling into multi species cover crop.

By this stage we were getting a bit peckish, so we frequented the local fish and chip cafe.  There were plenty more deep discussions.  I hope everyone that came from away enjoyed it as much as I did!

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Grateful thanks to Guy for his invitation and for sharing his time and expertise.

If any member would like to host a farm walk this autumn, please email Rebecca for help getting the message out to members on rebecca@base-uk .co.uk