Stephen Briggs

Tech and tools for a resilient farm

Bluebell Farms Ltd

•275 acre organic farm

•Tenant with some owned

•125 acre agroforestry

Drivers

• Multifunctional land use

• Cropping & enterprise diversity

• Soil protection

• Conservation & Habitat creation

• Market opportunities

• Use appropriate technology where possible

Agroforestry system established 2008

Precision agriculture

Drilling with GPS

Robocrop

Controlled traffic farming

Controlled Traffic Farming

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Conventional traffic – cultivator 3m

http://www.controlledtrafficfarming.com/

Conventional traffic – seed drill 4m

http://www.controlledtrafficfarming.com/

Conventional traffic – sprayrer/spreader 20m

http://www.controlledtrafficfarming.com/

Conventional traffic – combine 6m

http://www.controlledtrafficfarming.com/

Controlled traffic – cultivating & sowing all now at 6m

http://www.controlledtrafficfarming.com/

CTF – sprayer/spreader 12m & 6m Garford Hoe at 6m

http://www.controlledtrafficfarming.com/

CTF – combine 6m

http://www.controlledtrafficfarming.com/

Conventional traffic v. CTF

http://www.controlledtrafficfarming.com/

Conventional traffic

CTF

Companion planting

&

Relay cropping

SOCiT

Stephen Briggs

Tech and tools for a resilient farm

Tel : 07855 341309 stephen.briggs@abacusorganic.co.uk

@steve95226621

Tel : 07436 108253 stephen.briggs@abacusorganic.co.uk

@i4agri.org