Welcome to The Seed Circle

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The Seed Circle is the BOFIN Knowledge Cluster around this project of those with special interest, including scientists and representatives of machinery manufacturers who have opted in, share experiences and knowledge and help shape the project. It currently has 143 members, if this sounds like something that interests you, make sure to join the Seed Circle today by clicking here or going across to the BOFIN website

This project aims to help farmers establish reasonable expectation of what proportion grassweed is left standing at harvest and available to SCU (or other similar control measure). The project involves four farmers who have SCUs fitted to their combines, working with Will Smith (NIAB) who has drawn up a protocol for assessing weeds and efficacy of the SCU. This protocol was tested and validated in Year 1.

To see the results from year 1 click here.

 

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EPISODE 2 - Moving away from herbicides: A new window on weed seed management.​

Listen to our latest episode on The BOFIN Buzz to find some great tips for reducing harvest weed seeds from our special guests!

For this exciting episode, we are joined by John Cussans and Will Smith from NIAB to discuss the Harvest Weed Seed Control project. There are some shocking results revealed along with some insightful tips and tricks for keeping those weed seeds away along with an in-depth look at the protocol and farmer involvement within the project.

LISTEN HERE

 

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Managing risks and embracing technologies: The fight against grassweeds!

Join us in this week's episode where we are joined by Keith Challen. We discuss how Keith went from prisons to farms and what different challenges he now faces with grass weeds We take a look into the Harvest Weed Seed Control project and how Keith has found his involvement throughout. Make sure to give this episode a listen and let us know your thoughts below:

LISTEN HERE

 

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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW

: Farming for a Greener Future: A Look at Sustainable and Regenerative Practices with Farmer Charles

Join us in our latest episode where we are joined by BOFIN member Charles Paynter. Charles farms in North Bedfordshire and has been involved in many BOFIN projects. Charles' top priorities for farming include a focus on weeds, pests and diseases, adopting regenerative practices and practicing sustainable farming.

Make sure to let us know your thoughts below and follow to be notified when the next episode is released.

LISTEN HERE...

 

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Did you follow along with our Harvest Weed Seed Control project? Watch our video going over the last two years and taking a look at the final results ⬇


Thank you to all involved in this project - it proved to provide some really insightful results around weed seed control in the UK. We look forward to continuing to learn and seeing where these results take us with future projects


Redekop Manufacturing Inc Oria Agriculture NIAB Jake Freestone Adam Driver Driver Farms Keith Challen Ted Holmes Innovate UK