Graham Harvey
Archers agricultural adviser
Blog posts in total 11
Posts
The big pig plans for Berrow Farm
How the Berrow Farm pig unit fits into the UK pig farming picture.
IBR: What is it and how is it fought?
The Archers Agricultural Adviser Graham Harvey explains the IBR disease.
Rural Poachers: Heroes or Villians?
The Archers agricultural advisor weighs up Eddie and Joe's view of poaching against the modern day picture.
Mob Grazing at Home Farm
The landscape around Home Farm is changing dramatically. Along with the wide arable fields, there’s a newish block of tall grassland splashed with the blues and reds of flowering herbs and trampling through it is a big herd of cattle.
The Brave New World of Adam Macy
First it was herbal leys and “mob grazing” with cattle, both designed to raise the long-term fertility of the soil. Now Adam’s getting very interested in a technique called “no-till” cereal growing.
Britain's Dairy Industry In Crisis.
Archers Agricultural Story Advisor Graham Harvey explains some of the key issues for Dairy farmers.
Herbal Leys and the soil
The Archers agricultural advisor shares his thoughts on herbal leys and improvements to soil.
Brookfield’s ‘open-air dairy’
The real-life basis for Dan's 1930s milk round.
Robotic milkers
The hows and whys of the system that Pip is so keen on.
Brown Rivers – Silt run-off
Brown rivers - silt run off
BL’s solar farm
The latest radical proposals for the Berrow Estate in Ambridge
