How to make cover crops work for your business Strategic Cereal Farms results 2023

There is no shortage of information available on cover crops. However, successfully integrating cover crops into arable rotations, while understanding and navigating the positive and negative impacts can be difficult. This webinar explored results from the Strategic Cereal Farm network to help farmers put cover crops to work for your business. Chapters 0:00 Introduction* 5:13 Final results of the cover crop and soil nutrition trials** 31:45 Results of the cover crop destruction trial: lessons learnt and looking ahead to 2024*** 55:59 Results of the cover crop and regenerative systems trial: cumulative benefit to soil health and/or crop performance**** *Chair: Henny Lowth, AHDB **Nathan Morris (NIAB) with Brian Barker (Strategic Cereal Farm East host) ***Fiona Burnett (SRUC) with David Aglen (Strategic Cereal Farm Scotland host) **** Liz Stockdale (NIAB) with David Miller (Strategic Cereal Farm South host) About Strategic Cereal Farms Our Strategic Cereal Farms put cutting-edge research and innovation into practice on commercial farms around the UK. This video was from a series of Tuesday webinars during November 2023 that discussed the latest results from across the network, delivered by our farm hosts, industry experts and researchers. ABOUT AHDB AHDB is a statutory levy board. Our purpose is to be a critical enabler, to positively influence outcomes, allowing farmers, growers and others in the supply chain to be competitive, successful and share good practice. We equip levy payers with easy to use products, tools and services to help them make informed decisions and improve business performance. Established in 2008 and classified as a Non-Departmental Public Body, AHDB supports the following industries: meat and livestock (Beef, Lamb and Pork) in England; Dairy in Great Britain; and Cereals and Oilseeds in the UK. For further information visit