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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 expectations of the directors. The farm extends to a little over 500 hectares, currently all in arable cropping, except for some small areas of woodland, including an SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest), and a few grass margins. Soils are predominantly a sandy silt loam with a long history of poultry manure applications.

A new chapter in British agricultural manufacturing unfolded in Evesham as Weaving Machinery officially opened its state-of-the-art showroom and factory. Organised by Will of Seeded Marketing, the site visit provided direct drillers and machinery enthusiasts with an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at a business that has spent more than four decades championing low-disturbance crop establishment.

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 at the centre of their farm business. Over the last ten years, we have found and rewarded farmers from all across the UK who are running a range of farming systems and who have one thing in common: a drive to prioritise their most important asset on-farm – their soil.

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 find out how easy it was to avoid using any sprays or fertiliser and grow ultra-low-input crops. As it happened, it turned out to be very easy, albeit quite slow with a three-metre working width.

My last session of the day at this year’s Groundswell brought me back down to earth with a bump…. The session, The Problem of Labour, looked at the exploitation of migrant and short-term labourers on British farms and how the alternative agriculture sector can be part of the solution. We heard an excellent panel discuss real-life examples of horrendous living conditions seasonal labourers have experienced on UK farms recently.

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 major operational changes to remain competitive, says Suffolk arable farmer Jeff Claydon. 22 May 2026 When I drafted my last article for Direct Driller on 23 February it had rained almost every day since the start of the year.