The publication guides farmers on how to improve their soil health to boost resilience in the face of extreme weather.
NFFN Cymru has launched a new booklet highlighting the vital role soil health plays in helping farms cope with increasingly volatile weather and a changing climate.
The Weatherproof Farm in Wales, produced in partnership with soil health expert Niels Corfield, is a practical, farmer-focused guide to improving resilience and profitability from the ground up. It is packed with insights and real-world examples from nature-friendly farmers about making farms who are strengthening pasture performance and soil management while reducing reliance on costly chemical inputs such as artificial fertilisers.
The booklet guides farmers through the process of testing their soil and recognising healthy soil, before outlining practical solutions to improve soil structure through livestock grazing management, maintaining living roots and increasing plant diversity in the field.
NFFN Cymru manager Rhys Evans said: “Farming in Wales is getting more and more difficult, both climatically and economically. Farmers are facing hotter, drier summers and wetter winters, with grass burning off in dry spells and fields poaching in wet conditions. At the same time, costs are rising and margins are getting tighter.