Field Labs

Helping you find out what really works, for your land and your business

Led by farmers, with input from experts, our field labs help to find low input solutions to practical challenges faced on the ground and in the field. 

A lab will usually last around 12-18 months and will test out innovative real-life solutions, participants will meet up to four times to give them the chance to follow the progress of results from start to finish.

Get involved

Our field labs are free and open to all land managers, whether organic or otherwise.

If you want to know more about any of our field labs, or you have an idea for your own, contact the team.

Find out more about our past and present field labs below. 

• Plant teams

  Trialling 'intercropping' with the James Hutton Institute

  Read about the plant teams field lab

• Mob Grazing Scotland

  Measuring the effectiveness of mob grazing

  Learn about the mob grazing field lab

• Less Toil, Better Soil

  Exploring cover crops for market gardeners

  Find out more about the cover crops field lab

• All Over Clover

  Exploring grass seed mixes and grazing systems for dairy

  Read about the All Over Clover field lab

• Cultivating Soil Health

  Investigating reduced tillage in organic farming

  Find out about the soil health field lab

• Good Green Manures

  Which green manures work best?

  Read about the green manures field lab

• Controlling Leatherjackets

  Investigating ways to control Leatherjackets without Dursban

  Learn about the controlling leatherjackets field lab

• Grass Seed Mixes

  Which grass seed mixes work best in Scotland's unique climate?

  Find out about the grass seed mixes field lab

• Feeding Silage to Pigs

  This completed lab investigated alternative feed for pigs

  Read more about the alternative pig feed field lab