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The Morley Agricultural Foundation with a farm we are in a unique position to host and fund long term arable crop research projects. This enables the results and information to be freely available to all. In 2006 two major initiatives started, based at Morley and delivered by NIAB TAG

New Farming Systems (NFS) 2006 – 2021

Experiments mainly examine three inter-related themes;-

Fertility building.
Tillage
Soil amendment use.

These experiments are fully replicated, large plot studies using farm scale equipment and techniques. Further detail and key findings are highlighted in the following documents:-

Farming Norfolk East Anglia Agricultural research

Farming Norfolk East Anglia Agricultural research

Farming Norfolk East Anglia Agricultural research

Farming Norfolk East Anglia Agricultural research

NFS Evaluating Cultivation Approaches

NFS The Use of Soil Amendments

NFS Fertility Building and Cover Crops

NFS Bio-sustainable Systems

NIAB – STAR Project

MENTOR (Morley EducatioNal Training and Outreach) 2016 -2019

Many of the long term strategic field trials from NAC are now funded through MENTOR.

The MENTOR project has four key areas of focus around agronomic research and education.

Continue funding long term experiments such as the Saxmundham trial site and the straw incorporation trial site at Morley.
Promote and assist university and college students with add on studies in existing trials at Morley.
Evaluate new tools and instruments for their effectiveness and encourage commercial uptake.
Continue and develop knowledge transfer with the wider industry bringing unbiased independent research finding to the forefront at events such as the open day at Morley.

National Agronomy Centres (NAC) 2006-2016

This NIAB led initiative and is guided by an independent advisory group of farmers, agronomists and researchers from across the Industry. NAC has worked successfully with a range of other collaborators to extend the value and scope of the project. The NAC site at Morley (Norfolk) is complemented by sites in Hampshire and Lincolnshire which host field research and collaborative technical open events. Field research undertaken through the NAC initiative focuses on three main themes;-

Long term monitoring
Applied agronomy’ (in combinable crops and sugar beet
Systems demonstration (linking small plot trials through to field practice)
Pesticide applications research’ to improve efficacy and reduce environmental impact).

Harvest 2020: a lot to be thankful for
Harvest time prompts a lot of reflections on what went well and what went less than well. TMAF farm manager David Jones, is no exception and shares his highlights and lowlights of what will always be remembered, for many reasons, as an exceptional farming year.
17th September 2020
Farmers have 2020 vision of the main issues
Barely a day goes by when farmers do not receive an invite to an online webinar to attend, a link to a film to watch or a plug to a podcast to listen to. TMAF’s Farm Manager David Jones takes us on a stroll through his watching and listening landscape to share what there is to like - and to avoid.
18th August 2020
TMAF Trustee asks “Appetite for Change?”
What to do with a headful of thoughts from a career of farming knowledge and facilitating research? You write them down to inform and inspire others. Twenty years ago, Philip Richardson, Norfolk farmer and TMAF trustee, began worrying whether the planet would be able to feed his grandchildrens' generation. Retirement gave him time to refine his thoughts on this and other concerns, which are published in a book. Where did he start?
24th July 2020