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DR JONATHAN LUNDGREN - VIDEOS OF PRESENTATION FROM 5TH DECEMBER 2018.

Posted February, 25th, 2019

The following recordings are from Dr Jonathan Lundgren's visit to BASE-UK at Towcester on Wednesday 5th December 2018.

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DR JONATHAN LUNDGREN - INSPIRATIONAL TEACHER!

Posted December, 18th, 2018

The plan to have Dr Jonathan Lundgren visit BASE-UK took over a year to come to fruition following a postponement from our original date in March 2018. There was then the threat of a blizzard in Sioux Falls on the

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BASE-UK MEMBER'S TRIP TO FRANCE IN NOVEMBER 2018

Posted November, 30th, 2018

BASE UK French Farm Tour 6th to 8th November 2018. David White arranged for BASE-UK members to take a trip to France as a follow up on Victor Leforestier's AGM presentation and 6 members took up the opportunity. David has

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FARM WALK HOSTED BY DAVID WHITE ON 1ST NOVEMBER 2018

Posted November, 5th, 2018

David White of Hawk Mill Farm, Cambridgeshire hosted a BASE-UK member farm walk and writes: "Pinch, punch, first of the month and its my BASE-UK farm walk, and its raining, and my RTK office/meeting room on the farm was double

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DR JONATHAN LUNDGREN

Posted September, 25th, 2018

BASE-UK is delighted to be hosting Dr Jonathan Lundgren of Bluedasher Farm, South Dakota, USA from the 3rd to 5th December 2018. BOOK NOW – BASIS AND NROSO POINTS AVAILABLE. Closing date 28th November 2018. Jon is a world-renowned expert

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FARM WALK HOSTED BY ANGUS GOWTHORPE

Posted July, 30th, 2018

Angus Gowthorpe, BASE-UK Member, who was recently awarded second place in the Soil Farmer of the Year 2018 competition held by the Farm Carbon Cutting Toolkit held a farm walk on the 3rd July 2018 at Approach Farm which was organised

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BASE-UK MEMBER SUCCESS - SOIL FARMER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION

Posted June, 11th, 2018

BASE-UK Members have once again had success in the Farm Carbon Cutting Toolkit Soil Farmer of the Year Competition for 2018 with Angus Gowthorpe taking runner-up and Will Steel placed third and awarded highly commended due to exemplary soil management

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BASE-UK AGM CONFERENCE 2018

Posted March, 2nd, 2018

The BASE-UK AGM Conference held on the 6th and 7th February 2018 in Stratford Upon Avon was a great success. James Warne has kindly written a summary: "Notes from a large conference - A report on the BASE-UK AGM and Conference".

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TRIBUTES TO JIM BULLOCK, PRESIDENT

Posted January, 29th, 2018

Steve Townsend, BASE-UK Vice Chairman/Treasurer, colleague and friend along with contributions from many BASE-UK Members has written: Agriculture lost a true Gentleman on the 17 January with the passing of Jim Bullock. Jim was a deceptively tall and shy

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BASE UK TRIP TO SCOTLAND

Posted November, 16th, 2017

BASE UK held a trip to Scotland on 30th and 31st October 2017 to visit some of their members’ farms. This is a report from Jock McFarlane. I heard about the Scottish trip through my neighbour Ben Barron who forwarded

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GLYPHOSATE - VIDEO BY JAKE FREESTONE.

Posted November, 2nd, 2017

Jake Freestone, BASE UK Member, has produced a video regarding the use of Glyphosate, explaining why and how it is crucial to Conservation Agriculture and no-till practices. Please see the link below: Jake Freestone on Glyphosate

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GROUNDSWELL NO-TILL SHOW 2017

Posted July, 20th, 2017

We spent two very busy days at the second Groundswell No Till Show on the 28th and 29th June. Whilst the weather on the Wednesday turned rather cold and wet (especially compared to the 30 degrees the previous week!) there

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