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First Hand Case Study: Soil Farmer of the Year 2026, John Joseph

Farm type: Mixed  Location: Herefordshire  Size: 250 Acres  Soil type: Sandy loam The Soil Farmer of the Year award for 2025 went to John Joseph of Trecorras ...

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First Hand Case Study: Rotational Herbal Leys with Stafford & Sue Proctor

Farm type: Arable with livestock  Location: Lincolnshire  Size: 2000 hectares  Soil type: Alluvial silts  Mixes used: Quick Growth Cover Crop, Diverse ...

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First Hand Case Study: Herbal Leys and Cheesemaking with Will Clarke

Farm type: Dairy and cheesemaking  Location: Leicestershire  Size: 152 hectares  Soil type: Mild clay loam  Mixes used: Bespoke herbal cutting mix, ...

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First Hand Case Study: Integrating Livestock into Arable at Biddesden Farm

Farm type: Mixed Location: Hampshire  Size: 2300 Acres  Soil type: Mostly chalk with clay cap and flint  Mixes used: Red and white clover silage leys, cover ...

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First Hand Case Study: Herbal Leys with Rowan Napper

Farm type:  mixed  Location: Oxfordshire  Size: 1400 Acres  Soil type: Chalky loam and heavy Denchworth clay  Mixes used: Maximum yield two year IRG ...

FIRST HAND: Market Garden/Horticulture Mixes with Soil Farmers of the Year

David Newman and Tracy Russell, from Bucksum at Shabbington Field Farm are the winners of the 2024 Soil Farmer of the Year Award, the first market gardeners to be ...

FIRST HAND: Legume & Herb Rich Sward (MIXGS4) and Sainfoin with Dave Loggin

Farm Type: Mixed, with horse livery Location: Northamptonshire Size: 400 acres Soil Type: Sandy Mixes Used: Legume & herb rich sward (MIXGS4) and sainf...

FIRST HAND: Herbal Leys with Mark Spendlove

Farm Type: Traditional Mixed Location: Northamptonshire Size: 500 acres Soiil Type: Ironstone to medium clay loam Mizes Used: Herbal leys Mark Spendlove grows ...

Pastured Pigs with Justin Newman REVISITED

Farm Type: Pastured Pigs Location: Cornwall Size: 7 Acres Soil Type: Fertile loam Mixes Used: Special Pig-Rooting Mix, Herbal Ley & Fast & Vast After ...

FIRST HAND: Pochon Dairy with Waldegrave Estates

Farm Type: Dairy & arable  Location: Wells, Somerset Size: 800 Acres Soil Type: Mainly shallow loam over limestone  Mixes Used: Pochon Dairy & Longer Term ...

FIRST HAND: Mixed Regenerative & SFI with Jeremy Buxton

  Farm Type: Mixed Regenerative & SFI Norfolk Location: Norfolk Size: 250 Acres Soil Type: Sandy Loam Mixes Used: Cover Crops, SFI & ...

FIRST HAND CASE STUDY GS4 Legume & Herb Rich Sward with David Illsley

Farm Type: Beef Location: Berkshire  Size: 400 Acres Soil Type: Sand and Chalk  Mixes Used: GS4 Legume & Herb Rich Sward  David Illsley’s four ...

FIRST HAND CASE STUDY Soil Farmer of the Year, Stuart Johnson

Farm Type: Mixed Location: Northumberland Size: Approx 1000 Acres Soil Type: Mixed Mixes Used: Legume & Herb Rich Swards  Changing an intensive system to ...

FIRST HAND CASE STUDY: Bespoke chicory mix with Jeremy Davis

Farm Type: Mixed Smallholding  Location: East Sussex Size: 40 acres Soil Type: Sandy Loam Mixes Used: Bespoke Chicory Mix  After taking over Lynne’s Organic ...

FIRST HAND CASE STUDY: Bespoke Limestone Grassland mix, Cotswold Wild Flora Meadow Mix with Anne Miller

Farm Type: Solar Farm and Wildflower Meadow  Location: Charlbury, Oxfordshire  Size: 40 acres Soil Type: Cotswold Brash  Mixes Used: Bespoke Limestone Grassland ...

FIRST HAND CASE STUDY: Herbal Leys with Jonathan Chapman

Farm Type: Pastoral Location: Chiltern Hills Size: 700 Acres Soil Type: Sandy clay loam, clay and flint, chalk Mixes Used: Herbal Leys/GS4 Legume & Herb Rich ...

Bespoke Herbal Leys with Charles Hunter-Smart & Sam Phillips

Two neighbouring Cotswold farmers have gone into partnership in an innovative, joint venture with a Cornish dairy farmer and herbal leys are driving the busine...

FIRST HAND: Herbal Leys with George Young

‘I describe myself as an agroecological mixed farmer,’ says George Young. ‘Farming with nature is one of the key things I want to do here on the farm, ...

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