Challenging Times Call for Smarter Thinking. Think Change with Claydon
Farmers today are navigating some tough conditions – rising input costs, volatile markets, increasing environmental pressure and the relentless need to remain profitable.
It’s never been more important to farm smarter, not harder.
As a family farming business, Claydon understand these challenges. The Claydon Opti-Till® establishment system delivers practical solutions to today’s most pressing issues. It reduces fuel usage, lowers input costs, saves time and improves soil health – all without compromising yield.
Better still, by enhancing soil biology and reducing erosion, Opti-Till® helps farmers meet environmental goals and stewardship requirements while building a more sustainable and profitable business.
Rethinking your establishment system will help you to realise these benefits in an era when sticking to tradition without questioning it is no longer a safe bet.
Change nothing. Nothing changes.
By questioning, trialling and taking that leap towards a system that works with nature, not against it, you don’t have to choose between productivity and sustainability – you can have both.
Because real change starts with one decision.
Think Change. Think Claydon.
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“At most I could plough 12 ha/day then had go over the ground again to cultivate and drill. It used about 44 l/ha whereas the Claydon is a one-pass operation which can cover 24 ha/day using just 14.8 l/ ha.”
“Since switching from conventional direct drilling to direct seeding with the Claydon Opti-Till® System the performance of our crops has vastly improved, particularly on headlands.“
“This approach has dramatically reduced erosion of the soil and transformed its condition, productivity and ecology.”
“Instead of crop establishment being a two-man system to plough, cultivate and drill it is now a one man, one tractor, one pass operation.”
“It does an excellent job of retaining moisture and, because much of the land is left uncultivated, the stubble and root structures are retained, helping prevent soil blow where light soils are overworked.”
“One of the key things about the Claydon Drill is its simplicity and low running costs. I can replace all the wearing metal in under two hours.”
“Direct seeding won’t suit those who like to see land brown and free of stubble when drilling, but those who judge a system on its benefits will realise the advantages. Without it, we would never have been able to take on more land and still have a life outside of farming.”
Grant funding is increasingly available for environmentally sustainable crop establishment systems and regenerative agricultural practices. Claydon direct drills and stubble management machinery attract grant funding in various schemes in England and across Europe.
You may find our THINK booklet useful if you are rethinking your establishment system. It comes in a handy pocket size and is packed with interesting info.
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