Innovative Farming

Many of the best ideas in farming have always come from farmers like you. But most research happens off-farm. When you trial, test or analyse, you’re often going it alone. And that’s why, with the Innovative Farmers network we’re backing innovation on the ground.

Working together, we can find lasting solutions to practical problems, from managing weeds and pests with fewer chemicals to testing more sustainable animal feeds.

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  Explore the field labs

  Compost teas, antibiotic reduction and weed control. Read about the latest trials and results.

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  Meet the Innovative Farmers

  Hear from some of the farmers involved in field labs

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  Events and Webinars

  Join one of our events or webinars and learn about the latest trials and expert knowledge

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  How it works

  Find out how Innovative Farmers works and how it can benefit you.

Who’s involved?

Innovative Farmers is a network, made up of people like you. A growing group of farmers, advisors, researchers and businesses; working together to tackle the stark challenges which farming faces.

The network is part of the Duchy Future Farming Programme and is funded by the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund through sales of Duchy Organic products in Waitrose. 

Increasingly, other companies and farming institutions like Riverford, AHDB, Buccleuch, BBSRC and Produce World Group are investing in the network, seeing the value in supporting farmer-led research.

Innovative Farmers is backed by a team from LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming), Innovation for Agriculture, the Organic Research Centre and the Soil Association.