In this episode we are at Agrii's South Wales iFarm talking to Amy Watkins, sustainability manager at Agrii, Chris Taylor, Agrii agronomist & Nuffield Scholar and Dan Moore, farm manager. Today we are discussing how focusing on soil health will improve sustainability, reaching net zero and how this can be done.  

Tony Smith is your host on Tramlines. Based in the South West and with a farming background, he graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture. He worked in the farming industry for many years before developing his career as a presenter. 

In this episode we are talking to Marek Nowakowski, Wildlife Expert and Consultant at Agrii. Today we are near Bicester on farm and we are going to be talking about the new ELM scheme and what it means for our wildlife and what we need to do on our farms as farmers and growers in the UK. 

Tony Smith is your host on Tramlines. Based in the South West and with a farming background, he graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture. He worked in the farming industry for many years before developing his career as a presenter. 

In this episode we are talking to Paul Pickford farm business consultant and Beth Metson environmental farm consultant at Agrii. Today we will be making sense of environmental schemes, what does it mean for farm activity, and what is the direction of travel.

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Tony Smith is your host on Tramlines. Based in the South West and with a farming background, he graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture. He worked in the farming industry for many years before developing his career as a presenter. 

In this episode we are talking to Agrii’s technical manager Tom Land and crop input specialist Tom Perrott. Today we are considering what we need to be thinking about when it comes to autumn nutrient planning for the winter cereal crop, so when it comes to harvest time we can see a profitable return on the investment. 

Tony Smith is your host on Tramlines. Based in the South West and with a farming background, he graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture. He worked in the farming industry for many years before developing his career as a presenter. 

In this episode, we are talking to Georgie, Tom and Will from Rowles farm. Today we are talking about farm diversification, what is the best approach to take when looking at new ventures and what can it bring to farm businesses. 

Identical twins Tom and Will and their sister Georgie are third generation farmers, based in West Berks since 1969.  The vineyard was established in 2021. 

Tony Smith is your host on Tramlines. Based in the South West and with a farming background, he graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture. He worked in the farming industry for many years before developing his career as a presenter. 

In this episode we are talking to Skye Van Heyzen, market development manager, Ella Thackray, innovation crops product manager and Rebecca Gibson, pulse product manager at Agrii. Today we are going to explore some potentially exciting alternative crops.  Three crops that could bring some real benefits to the livestock industry and those also growing for the human food chain.

Tony Smith is your host on Tramlines. Based in the South West and with a farming background, he graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture. He worked in the farming industry for many years before developing his career as a presenter. 

In this episode, we are talking to Sam Fordham, head of technical for RHIZA. Today we are taking about variable seed rates for combinable crops, Sam suggests this is the most important input to vary. But as we look towards the main autumn sowing period, we consider what the key principles and benefits are for the grower.  

Tony Smith is your host on Tramlines. Based in the South West and with a farming background, he graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture. He worked in the farming industry for many years before developing his career as a presenter.

In this episode we are talking to Nick Winmill, technical and R&D manager for potatoes at Agrii and Matt Audley, technical manager for Plant Health Care. We will be discussing new solutions for potatoes delivered through R&D and how that can be done to the real benefit of grower for sustainable production.  We will also be talking about a new Agrii initiative 'The Potato Partnership'.

Tony Smith is your host on Tramlines. Based in the South West and with a farming background, he graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture. He worked in the farming industry for many years before developing his career as a presenter.

In this episode, we are talking to John Miles, seed technical manager at Agrii. Today we are going to talk about variety selection for wheat and barley. Asking the big question - is variety selection just as important, if not more important for this Autumn?

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Tony Smith is your host on Tramlines. Based in the South West and with a farming background, he graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture. He worked in the farming industry for many years before developing his career as a presenter.

In this episode, we are at Groundswell 2022 talking to Professor Andy Neal soil biologist from Rothamsted and John Crawford who is leading the global soil health programme at university of Glasgow. With all the discussion about regen farming and soil health, how do we make this happen on farm and how do we bring science together with farming and farming together with science. 

 Tony Smith is your host on Tramlines. Based in the South West and with a farming background, he graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture. He worked in the farming industry for many years before developing his career as a presenter.