UK distributor for Cactus Tree Guards. Farm plus local firewood business Westmorland Woodfuel. Host farm for @Carboncallfarm 2022/3/4 Regenerating our soils.
Eden Valley, Cumbria
Joined April 2014
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Natural England wants to cut grazing numbers to meet habitat recovery targets. Farmers say the cuts are so extreme they’d wipe out most herds over time. The animals wouldn’t be “culled”, they’d be sold off, rehomed, or the herds would slowly shrink.
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Exciting to work with SAS Agri Drones to spread Regenus fungi pellets on two of our Be The Change Farms.
For a small, trial area the drone is perfect:
✅ Quick, precise application
✅ No soil compaction
✅ Target hard-to-reach areas
✅ Adapts to the new products
#agritech
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🪱 NEW WEBINAR - hear from natural capital specialist, Emily Leech, who will talk through the habitat mapping work we’re doing on each Be The Change Farm.
🔗 Register in advance here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
#carbon #BNG
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The trip to Northern Ireland was awesome. Very friendly folk, engaging talks, great food and a lot of Guinness was drunk.
Also fields and fields of GREEN grass and folk silage making………
Missed @andyrumming's talk or any of the panel discussions? Sign up to our mailing list to be notified when the videos are published to the YouTube channel. #FieldsGood #farming
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💬 “We host Carbon Calling every year here and you want to be able to give people the data to prove what you’re actually feeling is changing.”
Our host Tim Nicholson @CactusTreeGuard on using Chirrup.ai bird listening tech.
#regenag #biodiversity #agritech
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And there are some cool hacks like @CactusTreeGuard and railed cages so you can create a savannah in a grazed farmed landscape
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We have a whole campaign running next week. Please share if you can, we need change for our survival. Repost with the title JUST SAYING
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I hope I am wrong… but the signs are that we are about to be sold down the river… I wrote this…
unherd.com/2025/04/keep-amer…
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🎥 Available to watch: Catch Up on Our Winter Webinar Series 🎥
Whether you're looking to: 👉improve profitability, 👉 find new markets,👉 optimise your grazing systems, our series of over 40 webinars with world renowned experts is full of insights and practical advice...1/4
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Don’t cancel the SFI. Don’t pull the rug from under farmers who desire to improve their land for the benefit of nature. Don’t set us back another 5 years in the transition to nature friendly farming
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Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Duit As we reflect🎄 on the year that has passed, we are grateful for the growing interest and support for agroforestry in Ireland. We look forward to continuing sharing knowledge + connecting farmers, researchers + policymakers in 2025
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I wrote this 2 days BEFORE Defra put a halt to the capital grants available to farmers for environmental works on farms. So that is less new hedgerows and trees planted, less protection of waterways and, more importantly, even less trust of what the government says.
My latest column for @FarmersGuardian
I’m trying not to focus solely on the Inheritance Tax changes, especially when there’s enough other f-ups from government to fill 10 columns each wk!
Funding cuts, increased legislation, grant & stewardship delays
Who’d be a farmer eh?!
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Had a great day at @NWessexDowns Annual Forum 2024 hosted on our organic farm yesterday. Many thanks to @NWessexDowns team, Julian Gold of Hendred Esates, Peter Wilson of Rudge Manor Farm, Dr Gemma Batten of Black Sheep Countryside Management and Jimmy Woodrow @PastureForLife
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Tree Amble podcast out now with Megan Gimber of the Peoples Trust for Endangered Species talking hedges. Self confessed hedgerow geek she a is passionate hedge advocate @FavColour_Green @dailyhedgerows @agricology @HedgeDetective
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One of the hardest but most rewarding days on the farm ever, and the biggest event we've hosted in recent times
Will sleep well tonight 😴
Massive thank you to the team and demonstrators
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Hedgefest, and its Free!
Super excited to to be hosting this amazing event, fantastic line up of speakers and demonstrations please share with any hedge fans!
@TrooperSnooks
@CactusTreeGuard
@PamAyres
@BBCWiltshire
@NfuWiltshire
@WildlifeTrusts
tickettailor.com/events/hedg…
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“We need to ensure fair and sufficient income to our farmers" "Europe has the best quality food in the world So they must get the livelihood they deserve." President Von der Leyen. shorturl.at/Y0lke Trees on Farms can help build resilience + support farm enterprise + env
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Applying for FT8 Supports to plant groups of trees + wondering what the groups might be like in 20 years once thinned? Photo: Farm woodland that has now been opened up for grazing, the groups will be similar, grass will return, Cattle will have shelter, shade and grazing
