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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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NATIONAL ORGANIC COMBINABLE CROPS (NOCC) CONFERENCE

Posted July, 20th, 2017

Thanks to BASE UK member Steven Jacobs for notifying us about this event which involved several other BASE UK members. Steven has sent this summary of the event: Delegates at the largest on-farm event in the organic sector’s calendar were

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BASE MEMBERS WIN FCCT SOIL FARMER OF YEAR AGAIN

Posted June, 16th, 2017

For the second year running BASE UK Members have taken the top spots for Soil Farm of the Year which is organised by Farm Carbon Cutting Toolkit. Below is their report: Winner of the Soil Farmer of the Year 2017

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AGM CONFERENCE 7TH AND 8TH FEBRUARY 2017 - VIDEOS

Posted February, 22nd, 2017

Our first 2-day conference and AGM was a great success with approximately 90 members attending on each day and over 70 attending on both 2 days. Unfortunately Professor Duncan Cameron was ill and unable to attend however David White and Edwin

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FARM WALK REPORT - COURTESY OF SIMON PORTER AT PENN CROFT FARMS LTD, HAMPSHIRE.

Posted November, 5th, 2016

We had about 18 people join us for this farm walk held on 31st October 2016. Some were farmers and their agronomists from Hampshire who are not yet BASE UK members while others were BASE members who came from as

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JOEL SALATIN - CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE FOR ARABLE AND LIVESTOCK FARMERS

Posted October, 19th, 2016

BASE UK was delighted that Joel Salatin joined us on Saturday 26th November 2016 at Stareton Hall, NAEC, Stoneleigh after what was for him an exhausting week of travel and talking! Tim Parton, BASE UK Member has provided the following

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