Farmers mulling over a change of cultivation machinery, or crop establishment system, will have plenty of food for thought at next month’s cultivation demonstration days.

These include the annual Tillage-Live event, which returns to Warwickshire on 14 September with a slightly different format.

As with previous years, there’s a central demonstration area, surrounded by static exhibitions and working plots. However, the stubble and cover crop arenas are to be joined by a third that will focus on inter-row hoeing.

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The 40ha site is predominantly rye stubble, but there are four working plots that feature a 36m strip of cover crops. These will be occupied by Amazone, Opico, Vaderstad and New Holland.

This year’s “knowledge trail” majors on soil health, cover crops and tyres.

Normac demo day

The Norfolk Farm Machinery Club’s biennial machinery demonstration event is set to take place on Wednesday 6 September.

This year’s host, James Alston, has offered up some heavier ground than usual, which should provide a sterner test for the various cultivations and drills on show.

Among the attractions is soil specialist Philip Wright, who will once again dig a pit to help explain drainage issues in min-till systems and discuss potential remedies.