Farming Competition Winners

We’ve won an award! Our farm has just been announced as the annual sustainable farming Whitegrove Trophy Competition 2013 winners. We are absolutely thrilled with this recognition of our ethics, principals and interests, and what we have managed to achieve under them....

Summer Arrival

August has flown past us once again this year, and the shock of September nearing has made us all buckle down to finish the summer work. As the last of the stewardship and woodland creation applications leave the office (yes, we managed to make the deadline, but if...

At Burwarton Show…

We are off to our favourite of the summertime shows next week – BURWARTON SHOW! If you are in the Shropshire/West Midlands/mid Wales area and haven’t been before then we strongly recommend a visit. Our debut entry into the annual stallholders scarecrow competition is...

Woodland Grant Changes

Woodland grants are currently being shifted around, and the latest round of changes affect your deadlines, dependent on where you are working. Being situated in Shropshire, the most applicable changes to our partners are: England: If you wish to plant under the...

Stewardship In Earnest

As newt and bat surveys begin to dominate our everyday(/night) work, June has also seen an unusual hike in large stewardship agreements, with our office becoming impassable for maps and forms. The busy office has reflected an equally busy farm, with sheep drenching...

Bat Surveys Begin

May has been a month of unexpected surprises for us, largely caused, as ever, by the weather. Normally a quiet period on the farm, this year has seen a difficult calving season. From this however comes the appreciation of some fantastic young calves filling the fields...