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Catalyst Farming is contributing to a new, large-scale trial to test a growing but still uncertain idea in sustainable agriculture: can seaweed-based biostimulants help reduce the need for synthetic fertiliser, without compromising crop yield or quality?
May 23, 2025

Can Seaweed Help Reduce Fertiliser Use? Catalyst Farming Takes Part in National Biostimulant Trial

Summary of the 2024 harvest at Catalyst Farming. Looking at the resilience of crops in challenging weather conditions.
August 30, 2024

Challenging Weather, Resilient Crops: This Year’s Harvest Results at Catalyst Farming

Tractor with Vaderstad drill in cover crop
January 24, 2024

Catalyst Farming Explores Innovations at Väderstad

To deepen our understanding of soil health and cover crops, Catalyst Farming has implemented a trial to investigate how the establishment of cover crops effects soil biology.
December 15, 2023

Exploring Soil Biology in Cover Crop Trials

Tom Pearson Farm Manager Raynham Estate Catalyst Farming Training Academy
December 15, 2021

Catalyst Farming Training Academy

Working To Ground Truth new satellite technology
July 16, 2021

Working To Ground Truth new satellite technology

Improving the utilisation of our farm machinery
February 23, 2021

Improving the utilisation of our farm machinery

One of the Catalyst Farming partners installed an IMetos weather station in Spring 2020. Evidence of the benefits of this investment and the cost savings of sprays has inspired two more businesses in our group to follow suit and gather and use detailed weather data in 2021.
February 23, 2021

Using weather data to save on inputs

Across our four farms in Catalyst Farming, seed rates have been lowered by 10-20% on all winter cereals. The decision to lower seed rates marginally compared to previous years was guided by our better understanding of how seed rate, plant population, drilling date and tiller populations effect yield.
February 23, 2021

Reducing seed costs by plant and tiller counts