Farm Type: Dairy & arable  Location: Wells, Somerset Size: 800 Acres Soil Type: Mainly shallow loam over limestone  Mixes Used: Pochon Dairy & Longer Term Red Clover Ley  Waldegrave Farms, in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, is one of Cotswold Seeds’ oldest ...

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 honoured with the title. Since 2008 they’ve rented sixteen acres on the 100 acre Shabbington Field Farm, growing produce ...

  Friday Farm Walk (Most Fridays)  Explore Honeydale Farm on an inspiring and informative guided farm walk, led by a member of the FarmED team. Discover the regenerative demonstration farm and learn about sustainable farming and food systems, whilst taking in the beautiful views of the ...

Farm Type: Pastured Pigs Location: Cornwall Size: 7 Acres Soil Type: Fertile loam Mixes Used: Special Pig-Rooting Mix, Herbal Ley & Fast & Vast After successfully rearing pasture-fed pigs on just 0.7 acres, Justin Newman and his wife have increased the size of their Cornish ...

The dry weather this spring has really caused concern for forage stocks throughout the UK. While some livestock farmers carried over some silage, hay and straw from last year, the need to feed animals much earlier than normal has led to most surplus being used up, with many farmers now eating ...