Marinone Farm

This is a diversified low-input arable site with no-tillage or minimum tillage, residue retention, organic fertilisation and legume-based self-fertilisation strategies. Soil-health management is strongly linked to biological fertility, continuous soil cover and rotation diversity. The crops include rice (food), wheat (food), millet (food/feed niche), oats (feed/food), beans (food/feed) and cover crops.

Mature cereal crop growing at Marinone Farm.

Carbon farming practices implemented

15 - Cover cropping introduction or improvement

16 - Improved crop rotations

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

Soil and biomass sampling

Soil sampling map for Marinone 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:  

Hand holding ripe wheat ears.
Wheat

Ripe wheat growing in a field.
Rice

Poplar trees growing in rows.
Cover crop

Young maize plants growing in rows.

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