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Tag: Countryside Stewardship
Ben Cannon is the 4th generation to take the reins at Hyde Hall - a 250ha farm comprising of 200ha of arable land, 25ha of woodland and some grassland which gets rented out for cattle grazing. On top of this, he farms another 600ha across four other local farms under contract farming agreements. This gives … Continue reading Farming smarter, not harder: Hyde Hall’s strategy for modern agriculture
In our recent webinar focussing on increasing farm profitability by leveraging schemes such as the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and carbon markets, speaker Thomas Gent explained how the carbon market works, the value of carbon in farmland soils and how you can stack these to boost farm income. Thomas is a third generation regenerative farmer … Continue reading Don’t delay your carbon farming journey – “by not trading carbon, it’s like growing a crop of wheat and then just not harvesting it”
This article outlines how you can use fieldmargin to help with mapping out environmental stewardship plans for things like subsidies, Countryside Stewardship or Biodiversity Net Gain and then how you can keep records of management such as establishment, inputs used, grazing and keep photographic evidence.
“Using fieldmargin has made everything quicker. Now we can use fieldmargin to go out and check areas in the field rather than having to use a tapemeasure. Also because everyone is on it any queries can be logged then and there rather than waiting until you get back to the farm office.” - Kate, Hertfordshire Farmer
