
Innovation for Agriculture
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Meet Soil Farmer of the Year finalist: Jonathan Hodgson (Jonathan Hodgson 🇬🇧🇺🇦🐑+💩+🪱= 🌱🌾) from Great Newsome Farm, East Yorkshire. Mixed farm. Strip-till. Herbal leys. No insecticides. Molasses-fed nitrogen. 🪱 All 4 worm species found. Improved soil structure + resilience. 🏆 Winner


Meet Soil Farmer of the Year finalist: Andrew Mahon (Andrew Mahon) from Northamptonshire. 800ha Hanslope clay. Direct drill. No P&K in a decade. 📈 0.2% OM increase p.a. 🌍 4,000t carbon sequestered last year Winner revealed Groundswell, 2 July Innovation for Agriculture


The rosettes are ready! This week at the Royal Norfolk Show, the dairy, beef and Innovation Burke Trophies will be awarded together for the first time since the days of the RASE Royal Show. The Burke Trophies recognise: – The best pair of animals in a beef breed (one male, one



🚜 Meet Soil Farmer of the Year finalist: Will Oliver, Leicestershire Strip till, mob grazing, cover crops. Homemade foliar feeds. Compost. Fermented duck blood for N. Diesel down 75%. Carbon footprint? Net zero. Winner announced Groundswell, 2 July Innovation for Agriculture


Meet Soil Farmer of the Year finalist: Paul Baker, Wishay Farm (Devon) 600ha mixed farm OM up: <2% → 6.2% Maize drilled after wheat Drainage repaired No till, manure, margins ↑ 📉 2024 CoP: Wheat £72/t | Maize £48/t Winner announced Groundswell, 2 July Innovation for Agriculture


Meet Soil Farmer of the Year finalist: Robert Whittal (Monmouthshire) 190-acre organic farm Mixed grazing + herbal leys No sprays since 2008 OM up to 5.8% Hosting talks + composting experiments Winner announced Groundswell, 2 July Innovation for Agriculture Farm Carbon Toolkit


🎉 Join us at #Groundswell2025 Soil Farmer of the Year Awards 📍 Speakers’ Corner 🕖 7:00pm | Tues 2 July Hear from the winner + runners-up as they share how they’ve improved soil health, cut inputs & built resilience. Innovation for Agriculture Farm Carbon Toolkit Hutchinsons


Great to meet and catch up with so many at day 1 of Groundswell with fabulous talks all round. Excited to announce the winner of Soil Farmer of the Year shortly in speakers corner Farm Carbon Toolkit


🥂The winners of the 2025 Soil Farmer of the Year competition, run in partnership with Innovation for Agriculture 🥇John Joseph, Trecorras Farm 🥈Jonathan Hodgson, Great Newsome Farm 🥉Andrew Mahon, Bromborough Estate Kindly sponsored by Cotswold Seeds & @Hutchinsons_Ag #Groundswell25


Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Soil Farmer of the Year competition, run in partnership with Innovation for Agriculture and kindly sponsored by Cotswold Seeds and @Hutchinsons_Ag! Read up on the brilliant winners... 👇 farmcarbontoolkit.org.uk/2025/07/02/soi… #Groundswell25 #soilhealth #soil


Key message from day 2 Groundswell: Collaboration is key! Government, farmers, researchers, consumers and those in the supply chain must connect to understand each other’s needs to make a resilient and sustainable food production system. With this in mind the IfA team had


Come and meet the team in the Innovation Zone Great Yorkshire Show. We are keen to discuss your ideas for the Defra UK and Innovate UK ADOPT fund, the 2025 Farm of the Future guide from The Royal Agricultural Society of England is available and of course #toniontour is attention seeking once again. We look


Excited for another beautiful day Great Yorkshire Show. The IfA and The Royal Agricultural Society of England team are in the Innovation Zone so come and discuss our sustainable farming projects and how the ADOPT fund could help fund your on farm trial!



Today we’re Rachael Porter #nationalyoungstockconference come & see us AHDB stand to find out about all things #calfactionnetwork #DECIDE & #GBcalfStrategy where we are leading the #Rightstart strand of the exciting new strategy 🐄🐂 FeedForGrowth CALFMATTERS Trouw Nutrition GB
