Kingsclere Farm Walk
Spring Crop Establishment and Research Trials
Join us for the second of our Farm Walk series this season
Each month we invite our community, partners and end-users to come and meet us and each other.
We are trying to build the sense of "community" amongst our members to foster sharing, learning and relationships.
It's the ideal setting to get together and discuss ideas on farming and agronomy, and to see some of the fantastic farms our members run and are rightly proud of.
Hosted by Tim May at Kingsclere and linking
up with the Oper8 project, the main
theme of the event will be Spring crop establishment, competitive cultivars
and weed management strategies. There is also an opportunity to look at
winter crops heading into the Spring, where much of the story for the season
has already been determined
Topics for discussion will include;
Spring crop establishment
Drilling Dates
Seed rates
Spatial arrangement (row spacings)
Strip till and inter row mowing
Varieties
Crop/weed dynamics
Weed communities
Mechanical weed control
Trace elements and microbial innoculants
We will also have a chance to look at the LiveWheat Legacy winter wheat trial, LiveOat winter oat and LiveBean winter bean strips Tim has drilled and anything else attendees are interested in looking at on the farm.
Tim farms 880ha in Hampshire near Basingstoke, on mostly chalk loam soils. The typical rotation is four years diverse herbal leys followed by four years of cash cropping, having either a wheat or an oat focus. Tim has a mobile dairy on the farm which is as important as the arable enterprise. Although relatively new to Organic farming, Tim is innovative and full of ideas and fresh perspectives. Come to Kingsclere on 27th March to find out more about Tim's farm. To find out more about Tim, read his Farmer Profile here.
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Tim May profile | OA Profiles (odoo.com)
Dr Suzie Haryanti Husain
Founder of the SHE™
A Global Soil Health Expert with over 16 years of experience working at the intersection of regenerative agriculture, soil intelligence, and systems strategy. She founded the SHE™ Framework (Soil | Health | Evidence) to help organizations shift from input-heavy models to biology-first solutions that are measurable, scalable, and rooted in real-world field data. Her approach blends scientific precision, strategic thinking, and deep respect for the land. She doesn’t just speak about sustainability. She builds systems that live it.
Adrian Steele
Soil Association
Adrian has been involved with the organic sector for many years as a farmer, and has been instrumental in creating and developing marketing initiatives in the livestock, seeds and cereals sectors. His farming business in Worcestershire also hosts vegetable production and dairy heifers, and is linked with other local landowners through share farm and rental arrangements. He has worked closely with food processors and marketing agents for over 25 years. Adrian is also a qualified solicitor and has served as a Trustee of the Soil Association.
Will Marris
Terrafarmer
Growing up on a mixed family farm in Lincolnshire sparked Will’s interest in sustainable farming, particularly how integrating livestock and arable systems can help to create a more robust and resilient business, centred around good soil management.
After studying at Newcastle University, Will worked as an agronomist for six years, delivering regenerative farming advice alongside SFI and soil consultancy. His passion is helping and supporting farmers on their transition to regenerative farming systems.
Tom Tolputt
Terrafarmer
Based in Cornwall, Tom is an organic farmer and has worked as a livestock nutrition consultant for over 25 years. He farms around 600 acres with his wife, Nicola, where they put regenerative and biological farming into practice, running an Angus suckler herd and growing organic oats, barley, and fodder beet.
Tom’s view of regenerative farming changed fundamentally in 2017 after working in the states with the ‘father of biological farming’, Gary Zimmer of MidWestern Bioag.
Passionate about the wide-ranging benefits of good grazing management, diverse cropping, and soil health, Tom believes regenerative farming practices offer a win-win when it comes to farm profitability, public ecosystem services, and the wider environment.