A low-cost, low-risk approach is being taken by Soil Farmer of the Year Tom Sewell, who puts soil health at the heart of his farming system.Farming in partnership with his wife and parents near Maidstone in Kent, Mr Sewell does as little tillage as possible as he works with 15 different landowners across 10 parishes, farming just over 600ha of combina-ble crops.With new land corning into the business all the time - much of which was previously in orchards - he makes effective use of compost and living roots to improve soil structure and function, using a low-disturbance subsoiler or shallow disc roller only where necessary.
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