This presentation formed part of the Farming Futures workshop 'Cropping Climate Change: Making business sense of nitrous oxide and the nitrogen cycle' March 5th 2010

2. At a County Level….
‘Priority Catchments’

3. At a Parish Level….

4. At a Farm Level….

5. IFM is... Organisation
Public & Planning Soil
Image Management &
Fertility
Integrated
Wildlife & Crop
Farm
Landscape Protection
Management Management
Pollution
Animal
Control & By-
Product Husbandry
Management Energy
Efficiency
• Monitoring
• Advice
• Planning
• Communication See later sections

6. What are we
doing on our 2
3
farm?
5 4 9
8
10
1
7
6

7. 1.Managing The Spraying Operation

8. SMR 9:
“Best Practice”
“Approved products”
“Integrated Control”
“Drift”
RECORDS
(Also to meet SMR 11)
PB 11090
08459 55600
www.defra.gov.uk

9. Getting The Most Out of Your Spraying Operation
PRODUCT BIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE
50% 50%
SPRAYER NOZZLE
INHERENT EFFICACY TIMING SET UP CHOICE

10. Differences in AI Nozzles
03 AI Nozzles 3 Bar pressure

11. FAST SLOW
12 KPH 10 KPH

12. FAST SLOW
12 KPH 10 KPH

13. Brand new store
Recycling/container
bin
Splash
Water tank
Drain to a sump for disposal catchers
Work surface
w. groundwater permit
Dedicated filling
area

14. Crop Protection
HELPING TO AVOID RESISTANCE
• PLANNING
• Varietal resistance
• Cultural controls
• Modes of action
• Appropriate timing / rates / product

15. MONITORING / KNOWLEDGE

16. Washing down the sprayer to avoid pollution…

17. 1. Managing Landscape –
For ELS……

19. 2.
Managing
Hedges &
Ditches

20. Managing Landscape –
For HLS its about DELIVERY…

21. 2.
Managing Margins,
Hedges &
Ditches For HLS

22. Beds / Cambs Claylands:
BAP Targets
Grey Partridge Reed Bunting
Lapwing Bullfinch
Corn Bunting Water Vole
Skylark Brown Hare
Turtle Dove Dormouse
Tree Sparrow Bats
Breeding Snipe Bumblebees
Yellow Wagtail Moths (White Spotted Pinion
Great Crested Newt
All need feeding and breeding areas on the farm……..

23. 3.
Locally
important
species /
BAPS

24. 4.
Water is a key
feature for:
Landscape
Historic interest
Aquatic wildlife
Dragonflies
Insects, and therefore
Many bird species, so
Needs protection
Needs maintenance

25. SUDS – Silt Traps

26. SUDS – Run-off Buffers

27. SUDS – Flow Restriction

28. 5. Managing Historical Areas
Archaeological Features on grassland – HD5 £16 / Ha
Maintenance of Species Rich Grassland – HK6 £200 / Ha

29. 6. Managing Sensitive Areas for Bio-diversity
Enhanced Wild Bird Seed Mix – HF12 £475 / Ha

30. 7. Enhancing Areas for Bio-diversity
Floristically Enhanced Margin – HE10 / £485 / Ha

31. 8. Managing nutrients for crops and countryside…..

32. NVZ REGULATIONS (SMR 4)
Assessment of fertiliser requirement on each crop, each
field, each year, taking into account:
UPTAKE
RESIDUES
SOIL N SUPPLY
ORGANIC MANURES
SOIL TYPE
RAINFALL
IRRIGATION
YIELD

33. Green Area Index to Assess N
Requirement
GAI 1.38 x 50 = 69kg/ha N GAI 0.63 x 50 = 31kg/ha N
In crop In crop

34. Assessing ‘crop requirement’ for nitrogen…..

38. 9. Managing Soil….
“Resource Protection”

39. Assessing Soil Condition

40. Campaign For the Farmed
Environment (CFE)
A voluntary scheme to retain and improve upon the
environmental benefits that may have been seen in
set aside. Three main areas:
Resource Protection
Farmland Birds
Farm Wildlife
www.cfeonline.org.uk

41. Campaign For the Farmed
Environment (CFE)
Local advice and support to help retain and improve the
environmental benefits of farmland without regulation.
Some measures will be eligible for funding under ELS
What needs to be done:
Renew ELS agreements (include in-field options)
Retain uncropped land and record GAEC 12 / fallows
Review voluntary management outside ELS agreements

42. Campaign For the Farmed
Environment (CFE)
CFE Targets
Ensure ELS agreements have suitable options to help
wildlife on farms (double area of key in –field ELS options)
Retain uncropped land (about 179,000ha) and improve
management to aid delivery of 3 target areas
Assist Natural England to achieve 70% of agric. land in agri-
environment schemes by March 2011
Increase current national level of voluntary environmental
management by at least 30,000 ha
Promote agronomy CPD to 1500 agronomists and advisors
If targets not met by June 2012, voluntary approach replaced
by regulation (no funding)

43. The factors:
soils and drainage
• The situation
– Popularity
– Season
– Rainfall
• Timing
• Intensity
– Soil type
– Soil moisture
– Soil structure
– Drainage
– Buffer strips
– Slope
– Tramlines
– Crop cover
– Operator skill
– Application equipment
– Filling/Cleaning Site

45. 10. Public Gain
“Special Projects”

46. Working With Others
Richard Fenwick Environment
SOYL Agency
Variety Consultants
Syngenta
LEAF
Farm Advantage
Oakbank
Game and Bayer Samuel Rose
Conservation FWAG

47. Parish of Midloe 1800 - 2000

48. Midloe Grange Farm – Income 2006
97 ha
£12500: 2 Families: Depreciation Farm Income Other Income
Overheads Interest £5500 Crop Margin £7000 pa Barn
Vehicles / houses Charges £6300 Stewardship £5000 pa Spraying
Insurance Overheads £6000 SFP
CSS £3000
ELS £3000
FWPS £300
Single Farm Payment
£18,000
Running costs:
£12000
Cordiale Solstice OSR W Beans
9.6 t/ha 9.5 t/ha 4.0 t / ha 4.5 t ha
Cost of Prod £69 / t Cost of Prod £70 / t Cost of Prod £167 / t Cost of Prod £91 / t
Sold at £85 / t Sold at £93 / t Sold at £155 / t Sold at £81 / t

49. Putting farming back on the map…
Visual evidence of a responsible farming
system:
Avoiding pollution (VI / Cross compliance)
Staying legal
Maintaining the countryside (ELS)
Enhancing the countryside (HLS)
ADVICE
COMMUNICATION