Cascina Romanengo Farm

This is one of the most diversified sites and also includes a landscape element through existing tree/hedgerow cover. Soil-health practices include monitoring and strengthening tree cover, winter cover crops, diversified rotations, residue retention and reduced disturbance. The crops are sunflower (food/oilseed), rye (food/feed), grain landraces (food), millet (food/feed niche) and buckwheat (food).

Aerial view of fields and farm buildings at Cascina Romanengo.

Carbon farming practices implemented

05 - Increasing hedgerow or field boundary tree cover  

15 - Cover cropping introduction or improvement

16 - Improved crop rotations

21 - Reduced soil disturbance (ranging from reduce/ minimum tillage to no-till in cropland)

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Soil and biomass sampling

Soil sampling map for Cascina Romanengo Farm, showing field boundaries and colour-coded soil zones.

Farm activities

Soil cultivation practices  

Tractor pulling a seed drill across a cultivated field.
Minimun tillage

Crops:  

  • Cover crop
  • Cowpea
  • Maize

Poplar trees growing in rows.
Cover crop

Soybean plants with mature pods in a field.
Soybean

Hand holding ripe wheat ears.
Wheat

Young maize plants growing in rows.
Beam

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