Sustainable crop production
We work with our farmer and grain consumer customers to create long-term, viable farming systems that encourage high-quality crop production and help our farmed environment to become more resilient.
This means taking a holistic approach that balances food production and the need to maintain and increase natural capital assets, such as soil, water, air quality and biodiversity.
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7 areas of sustainable crop production
Our end-to-end relationships mean we also work closely with grain consumers and food manufacturers to add value across the whole supply chain, sharing crop production insights, co-ordinating trials and supporting reductions in carbon emissions. Our approach covers 7 focus areas. |
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Navigating public and private funding
No single route of support will suit all farms - it requires a holistic and strategic approach. With careful planning, both funding sources can be combined to deliver maximum benefits. We're uniquely placed in the industry to link farmers to these opportunities and have devised some simple steps to help. |
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VIDEO: Helping you balance environmental actions and farming
Jim looks at some of the individual options many are starting to implement on farm, and how getting access to the right technical advice can help you ensure they deliver for the long-term. |
Our experts support farmers with specialist technical advice across everything from soil sampling and seed selection to farm performance insights and compliance.
With sustainable actions increasingly rewarded through public and private funding, it's important to consider all your options.
7 areas of sustainable crop production
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Optimised crop production |
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IPM and optimised inputs, diverse variety selection, regenerative principles and precision agriculture Access to the latest variety insights and recommendations based on evidence and extensive research through our trials network. As well as supporting with product choice, our qualified advisors will help you compile bespoke nutrition programmes to suit your circumstances, ensuring any actives or ingredients comply with new regulations and the sustainability goals of your business. We can also help with alternative areas of nutrition management, such as the incorporation of catch crops to support IPM strategies, use of biological products or adoption of precision crop production technology to optimise inputs. |
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Soil health and function |
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Supporting soil health, structure and fertility All of our advisors are specialists in soil health and management, ensuring your farm's greatest asset is adequately managed to support long-term food production and well cared as a valuable natural capital asset. Our technical advisors can support with a range of soil reporting and management packages underpinned by advice and recommendations from our soil and plant health experts. A network of farm-based research trials within our 3D Thinking programme also mean we can share scientically-proven management techniques, enhanced by services such as precision soil sampling and the provision of specialist environmental crops. |
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Water quality and management |
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Protecting water quality, ensuring efficient use, drought tolerance and irrigation Water is a valuable natural capital asset and its quality and protection are intrinsic to agriculture. It is key to good soil health and structure which are vital for infiltration, flood prevention and sustainable farming systems, with legilsation in place to outline best practice considerations where water and agriculture intercept. Our teams can support you with the appropriate management of water on farm, ensuring this valuable resource is protected in line with regulations such as the Water Framework Directive and crop protection stewardship guidelines. More about how we can support you with water management on farm can be found here. |
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| Biodiversity and environmental management |
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Enhancing and protecting natural capital with agri-environment and privately funded schemes Our specialist crops usiness, Kings Crops, provides a range of services including industry leading seed supply, the preparation and submission of scheme agreements, crop protection and nutrition advice, support with soil management, Environmental Impact Assessments, conservation and sporting expertise and the provision of environmental mapping and recording tools. |
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Energy and carbon management |
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Soil carbon and understanding farm emissions Given that agriculture is land-based, there is the ability to both reduce emissions and sequester them. Our specialists work with farm businesses to better understand their Scope 1 and 2 emissions, while our direct relationships with food processers and retailers mean we can support the wider supply chain to manage Scope 3 emissions in the long-term. Key to this work is data capture and interpretation, but we understand that there are nuances for calculating carbon footprints and GHG emissions. With a lot of crop production data captured on farm already, we're working to support farms and supply chains with the requirements of reporting to meet future sustainability goals. |
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Business insights |
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Farm data management tools, data analysis and market reports From general farm account management through to planning and recording all of your agronomy, grain marketing, environmental and precision farming actions, MyFarm makes it easy to take a whole-farm approach to sustainable crop production. MyFarm's analytics tools powered by Yagro support you to monitor business peformance and cost of production metrics to aid future decisions, with sight of all your records, access to risk management tools and the option to use interactive maps from SOYL's MySOYL application helping you make informed decisions and easily evidence your work. |
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Legislative compliance |
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Management plans and assurance With the expertise of our MyCompliance team you can check your farm is meeting regulations relating to water quality, nutrient availability, integrated pest management, pollution, the protection of habitats and overall farm biodiversity. All of the support provided is bespoke to you and supports with audits and inspections. |
As well as supporting UK farmers, at Frontier we're taking a strategic approach to growing our own business in a sustainable way through The Responsible Choice.
You can learn more about our sustainability strategy, including our commitment to lower carbon emissions from our own operations, here.