We’re now harvesting our Hereclea potatoes, off to the wash then the factory.
Learn how you can improve crop quality and yield
With so many challenges in farming, we work with our clients to provide solutions. At our Scotland Farm site in Dry Drayton, Cambridge we have a high-tech cleaning plant to improve the quality and yield of combinable crop.
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Incorporating ploughing into our CTF programme
We’ve been looking at how we can incorporate ploughing into our CTF programme and we’ve finally cracked it with our potatoes. 2.975 metres on land at 14” deep which fits our 11.9 system.
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Harvest now complete for gluten free oats
It’s been a very busy summer harvest. We’ve now completed our harvest of gluten free oats – here’s our final shot take by our Mnaaging Director James Peck!
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Managing Nutrients
P.X. Farms has a longstanding relationship with precision farming specialist SOYL, and we have exploited soil analysis combined with nutrient offtake data to establish soil, status and direct variable rate applications where necessary.
Prioritising Drainage when Taking on New Land
Drainage is a priority for new farms, with the first course of action being to dig ditches out and cut back hedges, allowing assessment of existing drains.
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P.X. Farms Workshop First to be Tilly Pass Approved
The workshop at P.X. Farms is now authorised to inspect trailers for the Tilly Pass scheme, the first on-farm facility so far approved to carry out this vital function.
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Our limestone is in great demand
As you may have seen from James’s @PXFarms or our @PXFarmsHaulage Twitter accounts recently, we’ve been selling different grades of limestone for farm use at very competitive prices – and it’s been in great demand.