Further advice is available via its Specialist On Farm Advice (SOFA) service, which offers advice to optimise farm efficiency and design capital projects that help achieve its aims. This can include practical steps of value to the farmer, such as soil and manure sampling. With many farmers now considering cover crops, it also offers to help fund their use in groundwater catchments, as they are particularly effective at reducing nitrate leaching to boreholes.
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