Whitewool Farm is set to host an event centred on how to enhance the biology of soils an the impact this has on farm performance and productivity.
Organised by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), the event will take place on Thursday, September 19, at Whitewool Farm, East Meon, Petersfield, Hampshire.
The meeting will run from 10:00a.m until 2:00p.m.
Attendees will hear from ‘RegenBen’, an independent consultant specialising in regenerative agricultural techniques.
He will focus on the work he has been doing with Whitewool Farm to help it unlock its soil’s potential and safeguard its profitability.
The event will also be joined by the Whitewool Steering Group which will discuss the importance of ‘healthy’ soils, the specific challenges faced by the farm and the impact on the wider industry.
This meeting will cover:
- Why improving soil quality is important;
- Best practice for soil management;
- Steps for enhancing soil biology.
Registration with tea and coffee will be at 10:00a.m, with a prompt start at 10:30a.m.
Whitewool Farm
Whitewool Farm is made up of 1,100ac of owned land and 145ac of rented land.
Owned by second-generation farmers, Will and Jamie Butler, the farm consists of 400 Holstein-Friesian cows on an autumn block-calving system.
Whitewool also has a number of diversified activities such as glamping, fly fishing, corporate days, clay shooting and self-storage.
The land use is mixed between forage cropping (grass, maize and wholecrop) and 600–650ac of combinable crops (mainly wheat).
Both sectors of this farm work hand-in-hand, through growing forage crops, managing soils, slurry and fertiliser, and ensuring the overall business is focused on being the most productive farm in the UK.
The Butlers have been farming regeneratively for the last three to four years, with the aim of making the most of natural resources.
They are looking for opportunities to build biology on the farm and one of the ways they are doing that is by experimenting with a new method of intensively building fungi and microbes, called a Johnson-Su Bioreactor.
