Two Strutt & Parker consultants are travelling to Australia to learn about ‘No-till’ farming systems over the festive period.

Stamford graduate consultant Ed Trotter and St. Albans graduate consultant Ryan Gue are making the journey to New South Wales over this holiday period, to learn from farmers first-hand how their farming systems work. 

The part funded trip by Strutt & Parker is a new Graduate scholarship scheme which is being rolled out across the firm, the aim is to learn about the issues of farming and how they overcome them. No-till is of particular interest due to its large rise in popularity especially with such low grain prices, also on the list is how they approach herbicide resistant weeds and soil management.

Australia is at the forefront of no-till systems and their experience is years ahead of many farmers in this country, also they are faced with issues we in this country may be facing in the future such as drought . The three week long trip will take them all across NSW with around 8 farms to visit it promises to be very informative. As a result of the trip they will be presenting their findings to the eastern region farming department.

Anna Cole, Associate at Strutt & Parker’s Stamford office says “No-till farming (also called zero tillage or direct drilling) is a way of growing crops or pasture from year to year without disturbing the soil through tillage and is believed to be a tremendous step forward for agriculture.  This is a great opportunity for our graduate consultants and we look forward to hearing about their travels when they return in the New Year”