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Keep track of what’s happening on your farm, wherever you are. Search fieldmargin Blog Menu How to Case Studies Feature Announcements About fieldmargin Get Started Farming for the future: embracing regenerative agriculture beyond financial gains Country: South AfricaFarm Size: 250haMain Enterprise: GrapesOther Enterprises: Cotton, seed onions, maize, lucerneTeam Size: 5 Andre Oberholzer started his farming career in 1987 on the Orange River in Northern Cape of South Africa. In the early days, he farmed mostly cash crops across their 250ha, but later transitioned to grapes for wine making and raisins. … Continue reading Farming for the future: embracing regenerative agriculture beyond financial gains → fieldmargin March 8, 2024 Cover Cropping Crop Rotations Regenerative agriculture South Africa Sustainability Vineyard Taking Kenyan purple passionfruit to the global stage: How Mount Longonot Vineyards digitised record keeping for GlobalGAP compliance within a year The agricultural landscape in Sub-Saharan Africa is vast and diverse, with smallholderfarmers playing a crucial role in sustaining local economies. These farmers often facesignificant challenges in accessing both digital infrastructure in off-grid rural areas andinternational markets. A key barrier to exporting is the significant compliance requirementswhich are difficult to meet using the pen-and-paper-based farm record-keeping … Continue reading Taking Kenyan purple passionfruit to the global stage: How Mount Longonot Vineyards digitised record keeping for GlobalGAP compliance within a year → fieldmargin March 1, 2024 Africa GlobalGAP Mapping Pest Control Team work Vineyard Agreena acquires UK farm management software company fieldmargin Copenhagen, Denmark - 6 February 2024: Agtech company Agreena has announced today that it has acquired UK-based farm management software business, fieldmargin. With thousands of farmers worldwide using fieldmargin’s innovative software, the acquisition represents a significant vote of confidence in the business and marks another key milestone in Agreena’s growth journey. fieldmargin is a trusted … Continue reading Agreena acquires UK farm management software company fieldmargin → fieldmargin February 6, 2024 February 6, 2024 Enhancing efficiency and sustainability go hand in hand on a Uruguayan dairy farm Simon Regehr farms in Uruguay, his farm’s main enterprise is a 140-strong dairy herd, as well as producing corn, soybeans and beef cattle. With a variety of enterprises to manage, Simon sought farm software that could help digitise the farm paperwork and make things a little more simple. fieldmargin January 12, 2024 January 23, 2024 Dairy Livestock Livestock management Organic farming Regenerative agriculture Maximise and manage the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) opportunity with fieldmargin The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) launched on 18th September 2023 for English farmers as part of the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme. It rewards environmentally positive land management practices and and is designed to be more flexible than previous schemes. This article will guide you through the 23 actions available for SFI’23 and ways you … Continue reading Maximise and manage the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) opportunity with fieldmargin → fieldmargin November 10, 2023 December 4, 2023 Environmental Schemes farm management farming Mapping SFI Sustainable Farming Fieldmargin: The essential tool for regenerative farming Regenerative agriculture entails sustainable farming methods that boost soil health, biodiversity, and help sequester carbon. This post explores key regenerative practices including mob grazing, minimizing soil disturbance, cover crops, agroforestry and monitoring soil health. Fieldmargin offers a suite of features that empower farmers to keep accurate records, evaluate their impact, and make data-driven decisions. Whether you’re transitioning into regenerative agriculture or looking to optimize your existing practices, learn how Fieldmargin is the essential tool to ensure your sustainable farming efforts are both effective and efficient. fieldmargin October 31, 2023 October 31, 2023 Carbon Carbon sequestration farm management Regenerative agriculture Sustainability Digitising drainage maps to prevent water logging Waterlogging can have a serious impact on crop and pasture health, as well as being an important indicator of other soil health issues. In cereals, waterlogging can cause a reduction in yield of over 40%. It also increases the risk of damage to soil from travelling on it in wet conditions, makes crop establishment more difficult … Continue reading Digitising drainage maps to prevent water logging → Camilla Hayselden-Ashby October 23, 2023 October 23, 2023 Drainage farming Mapping soil Yield Mapping Using fieldmargin with your team You’ve had a go at fieldmargin and you can see its potential to change the way your team works and streamline operations. Now you are working out how best to get everyone on the farm involved… Before you get too far ahead of yourself, you need to ask one very critical question: How am I … Continue reading Using fieldmargin with your team → fieldmargin October 17, 2023 communication team teamwork Agricultural Research & Development Station Manager, Marc Willis, on integrating fieldmargin into a testing site We spoke to Marc Willis, Station Manager of UPL’s UK field testing site, Shray Hill, about the realities of running field trials and how his team have integrated fieldmargin into their work. UPL manufactures and markets agrochemical products and seeds, with an increasing focus onBiosolutions. They are a truly international business, selling in over 130 … Continue reading Agricultural Research & Development Station Manager, Marc Willis, on integrating fieldmargin into a testing site → fieldmargin September 13, 2023 September 13, 2023 agriculture communication farm management pesticide database precision agriculture research and development sub-fields trials Using fieldmargin for sugar cane production records As fieldmargin grows, more and more sugar cane producers are contacting us to help them improve their record keeping. Sugar cane is a tall grass that is used for sugar production. Sugar cane is grown in warm tropical areas of the world, with Brazil, India, Thailand, China, and Australia as the leading global producers of … Continue reading Using fieldmargin for sugar cane production records → fieldmargin August 22, 2023 chemical records crop age farm records fertilizer records Field Health growth stage harvest records Irrigation map field mapping varieties record record keeping recording planting Scouting soil testing sugar sugar cane Weather Weeds Posts navigation Older posts Say hello! 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