Berkshire farmer reflects on 2019/2020 drilling season
27 July 2020
Jonathan Holland moved to the Claydon System back in 2016. So how did it shape up after the wettest drilling season on record?
Latest Case Studies
Claydon direct strip seeding boosts worm popluations on Ayrshire estate
15 May 2020
Since adopting Claydon direct strip seeding technology, Lord David Kennedy has seen a dramatic improvement in the structure of the soil and worm populations on his Maybole estate
Eric Lewis
10 March 2020
At an age when most farmers would have long given up an active role on their farm, Eric Lewis remains as keen as ever to do the job himself. And, according to Eric, it’s the Claydon System that makes this possible.
Jonathan Holland
23 July 2019
What does it take to establish 1,000 acres of combinable crops? “One man, one tractor and one Claydon drill, says Berkshire farmer Jonathan Holland
David Hankey
15 July 2019
Direct seeding and cover crops play a major role on David Hankey’s farm, where this combination has greatly improved flexibility and timeliness while reducing costs and improving the ecology.
Andrew West
21 March 2019
Warren Hill Farms in Suffolk produces up to 14 crops, from herbs to maize. Despite the wide variation in seed sizes and sowing depths, all are established using just one drill whose accuracy in establishing crops is “exceptional”.
Switching from conventional cultivations to direct strip seeding has brought multiple benefits
31 October 2018
Switching from conventional cultivations to direct strip seeding has brought multiple benefits for Essex farming business I J Macaulay & Sons.
Sustainability success from Claydon drilling
21 March 2018
Strip seeding improves Northumberland farm’s economic, agronomic and environmental sustainability
Switch to Claydon strip seeding saves Yorkshire farmers time and money
07 February 2018
Phil and Simon Redfearn are third-generation farmers whose family have lived at Park House Farm, Birkin near Knottingley for almost 100 years.
Establishing crops on heavy clay soils demands a more flexible approach for East Yorkshire farmer
19 December 2017
Being able to farm his very heavy, difficult-to-manage land more efficiently and with more timeliness were the reasons behind Mark Duckitt’s decision to switch to the Claydon System of crop establishment in 2014.
Jamie Osborne
25 April 2016
New method of establishing game covers saves money and produces better results
TerraStar Product Focus: Compton Manor Estates Hampshire
08 February 2016
TerraStar: fast, shallow, simple, robust - yet good mixing whilst leaving level and firm ground
Brutal soils brought into check
22 July 2014
One of England’s finest country estates has some of the country’s toughest soils. CPM visits to find how a change in cultivation policy is taming them.