HGCA chooses eight new arable monitor farmers

摘要

Eight arable growers are becoming new HGCA monitor farms, including one highlighted in a BBC Harvest programme and another conducting her own in-house trials.The farms range from Yorkshire to Devon, including one farmed by the same family since 1300 and another that wants to emulate New Zealand benchmarking.The eight were picked from 136 entries, with the HGCA's aim being to make them more profitable and also for them to share best practice with local growers."All are very excited about joining and are keen to tap into HGCA research and share theirexperience with other farmers," says Richard Laverick, HGCA's head of regional development.