David Blacker
2025
David Blacker farms around 890ha on a mix of family-owned, rented and stubble to stubble contracts just north of York. He is keen to drive down costs and improve soil structure and soil organic matter. David is running a series of on-farm trials as an AHDB Strategic Cereal Farm.
My Sessions
Trials and Tribulations; getting more from on-farm trials
AHDB (Stand DF C40)
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David Blacker
This session will highlight the key steps involved in on-farm trials, demonstrating how to set up and get the most out of trials starting with field selection, trial layouts, what variables to measure and how to compare results of different treatments. Example trials from the strategic farms will be discussed and the benefit of sharing […]