Practical Farm Ideas

Each issue of Practical Farm Ideas includes around 40 cost cutting innovations and methods devised by farmers. There are three separate section in each issue: Made it Myself: Farm machinery adaptations and new builds from the workshop. Find out how problems have been solved by smart thinking and workshop time on livestock, cropping and specialist farms. Soil+ Cover Cropping International: Improving soil condition and reducing erosion is achieved through zero-till methods, different crop rotations and cover cropping. The section was started in 2012 and has a good deal of practical information. Arable farmers wanting to reduce costs should definitely read all the Soil+ articles. Financial Focus: Management of budgets, cash and capital; information on farm succession; using futures trading... all will reduce costs and lift the financial status of the farm business. General Info on Practical Farm Ideas: The magazine goes back to 1992, back issues are available and combine to create a huge encyclopaedia of farming innovations. Articles can be downloaded from the website, and there's a Index to use as well. The magazine has around 12,000 readers, mainly in the UK and Ireland but is posted world-wide. Take a look at www.farmideas.co.uk and pick up a practical solution today! There's plenty of free content, starting on the Home Page. Am always looking for workshop projects, novel methods and machines.