Innovation for Agriculture

Together the soil and the farmer are the most important assets on a farm, so let’s celebrate them 🎉 🌱 🧑🌾 🎉 Enter the 2025 Soil Farmer of the Year competition to share the amazing work you already do to enhance soil health on your farm. Find out more and get in touch with any questions.  #SoilFarmerOfTheYear Farm Carbon Toolkit

How is climate change already impacting UK farmers? 🌍 Our soil and natural resources advisor, Arran Redman, shares his perspective in ITN Business's Future of Farming: Cultivating Resilience. Watch his interview and explore innovative solutions in farming. #Agriculture #FutureOfFarming #CultivatingResilience

Earlier this month we brought together farmers, policy makers, researchers and industry for an event focused on how agriculture can provide solutions to water management and pollution challenges.   The event covered everything from legislation to how processing chicken litter via anaerobic digestion can be used to reduce phosphate loading and improve water quality.   Huge thanks to everyone who joined us at the event, whether as a speaker or an attendee, there was a real buzz of insightful discussion throughout the day.   Find some of the highlights in the video below 👇   #WaterCatchmentManagement #WaterQuality #FarmingSoultions Royal Agricultural University FWAG South West Environment Agency Kiran Tota-Maharaj Rosie Nelson Thames Water Jenny Phelps MBE  

Soil is the foundation of sustainable food production and a stronghold for biodiversity too. Celebrate your soil management by getting involved with the 2025 Soil Farmer of the Year competition 🌱 🪱 #SoilFarmerOfTheYear

In the two years since moving to a new farm in Cornwall, Laura Awdry and her husband Sam have focused on building soil organic matter by using herbal leys and grazing livestock as a tool to accelerate the biological recovery of their soil, which had come out of intensive vegetable production. Find out how these practices have contributed to creating a resilient farm system in our latest blog ➡️ https://lnkd.in/enf7Tipt #ClimateSmartFarming #CultivatingResilience

Great to see coverage of the 2025 Soil Farmer of the Year competition launch in the mainstream farming press, including Farmers Weekly and FarmingUK! In partnership with Innovation for Agriculture, and kindly sponsored by Cotswold Seeds and Hutchinsons Agronomy, this annual competition celebrates pioneering farmers and growers who are working hard to protect this most precious natural resource. Now in its 10th year, momentum is really building behind this wonderful competition, so click on the link below to find out more -- and get involved today! 👉 https://lnkd.in/eftzxJdB Liz Bowles Becky Willson Lizzy Parker Jonathan Smith Samuel Smith Tilly Kimble-Wilde Stefan Marks Hannah Jones

What does resilience look like in agriculture? Future of Farming: Cultivating Resilience dives into how farmers and organisations are confronting climate change, food security, and soil health challenges head-on. It features segments from Innovation for Agriculture, Soil Association, Regeneration International, Morrisons and Tate & Lyle. Watch the full programme via the ITN Business hub. #Agriculture #FutureOfFarming #CultivatingResilience

A healthy soil can: 👉  Sequester carbon, mitigating the impact of food production on the climate 👉  Improve water retention, minimising flood risk and increasing resilience to drought 👉  Enable a reduction in inputs, increasing profitability of farming operations If you’ve seen how changes to management practices to improve soil health can bring wider benefits across your farm business, then the Soil Farmer of the Year competition is for you! Find out how to enter ➡️ https://bit.ly/Soil-Farmer #SoilFarmerOfTheYear Farm Carbon Toolkit

Launched today! The news-style programme Future of Farming: Cultivating Resilience explores how the agricultural industry is already addressing challenges associated with climate change, food security and soil degradation. Hear from Innovation for Agriculture’s soil and natural resources advisor Arran Redman below and visit the ITN Business hub to watch the full programme ➡️  https://lnkd.in/edehDVZf #FutureOfFarming #WorldSoilDay #CultivatingResilience #Agriculture 

It’s World Soil Day AND the launch of Soil Farmer of the Year 2025! This competition celebrates the successes of farmers who are putting soil at the centre of decision making to improve soil structure, fertility and health, which almost always brings big benefits for their overall farm business resilience. Find out more and enter the competition ➡️ https://bit.ly/Soil-Farmer #SoilFarmerOfTheYear #WorldSoilDay Farm Carbon Toolkit