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The Direct Driller Podcast
Every article from Direct Driller Magazine, read out in full, so you can catch up on no-till, soil health, cover crops, machinery and farm tech in the tractor, the truck or the yard. Each season is one issue of the magazine, with real results from real farms, Farmer Focus diaries and our Tech Farmer section. Episodes are read by AI voices. Farmer Focus and Agronomist in Focus pieces use a digital version of the writer's own voice, created with their permission. Text as published in Direct…
Episodes
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Rainbow Brings a Complete Portfolio, Built on Quality You Can Trust
As the UK and Ireland agricultural markets continue to evolve, facing increasing regulatory pressure, resistance challenges and the need for consistent…
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A New BYDV Tool Arrives This Summer
AHDB will launch a powerful new BYDV tool in August. Jason Pole explains how it will give farmers greater control over aphids in winter cereals. Written by…
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Farmer Focus - Tom Martin
As I write, we are harvesting our second field of milling wheat, with yields an absolutely dire six tonnes to the hectare. Written by Tom Martin. Read the full…
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From Field to Facility: Supporting Farm Diversification with Modular Buildings
Being based on the same farm as Direct Driller magazine has allowed us to build some fantastic relationships within the farming and agricultural community…
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Lloyds Banking Group and Wildfarmed 'Food & Nature Resilience Fund' to Scale Investment in UK Regenerative Farming
Lloyds Banking Group and Wildfarmed, the regenerative food and farming business, have partnered to pool investment to accelerate the transition to…
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Farmer Focus - David Aglen
Welcome to Cransley. I have been here a little over a year now, enough time to settle in and get a good understanding of the business, its potential and the…
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Farmer Focus - John Cherry
I’ll probably get chucked off Direct Driller magazine for admitting this, but I bought a 3m Treffler hoe to prepare our spring crops this year. I wanted to…
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Soil Farmer of the Year 2026 Winners Announced
The Soil Farmer of the Year competition has been running for the last 10 years and aims to find, promote and champion those farmers who are putting soil health…
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The Sustainable Regenerative Agriculture Scheme (SRAS): A Blueprint for the Future
For over 40 years, the arable sector has been treading water. While livestock and horticulture enterprises have seen vast improvements in productivity, cereal…
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A 'Perfect Storm' for Farming is Encouraging Many Businesses to Re-Evaluate Their Approach
The farming sector is confronted by a ‘perfect storm’ in terms of the challenges which it faces, with many businesses now at a point where they need to make…
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Farmer Focus - Ben Martin
My last session of the day at this year’s Groundswell brought me back down to earth with a bump…. Written by Ben Martin. Read the full article with pictures…
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Feeding the Fungal Network: Johnson-Su Results from the Field
An excellent Cereals 2026 seminar explored the use of biological inputs, especially Johnson-Su compost, as part of the BASE-UK Regenerative Agriculture Stage…
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Forty Years of Worcester Innovation: Inside Weaving Machinery's New Evesham Facility
A new chapter in British agricultural manufacturing unfolded in Evesham as Weaving Machinery officially opened its state-of-the-art showroom and factory…
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Building Profit and Resilience from the Ground Up
Stuart Johnson was one of the first farmers to join Regenerate Outcomes. The programme provides expert mentoring in soil health and baselines and measures soil…
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Farmer Focus - Edwin Taylor
Reduced tillage since 1998 and 99% no-till since 2012, with some areas not having been inverted for 26 years. Written by Edwin Taylor. Read the full article…
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Never Finished, Always Farming
There is a question farmers continually ask themselves. Usually, it’s a farmer standing in a field, hands in their pockets, looking at a crop that is doing…
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Issue 37: What's in This Issue
Chris Fellows introduces issue 37 of Direct Driller Magazine, July 2026: Groundswell 2026, Soil Farmer of the Year, Johnson-Su compost results, Farmer Focus…