Set-aside delivery
Within the three-week period following the advisory group meeting, the majority of…
We have very carefully counted the number of birds breeding at Hope Farm over the last four years. We…
Crop and estate management
The lack of rain dominated our thoughts. Less than 20 mm fell between harvest…
The dry weather (with cold nights in spring) persisted from February largely…
The crop in the fields that are in their second year of growing wheat in the…
September is the start of our fourth crop year at the farm. With a three year…
It has been a go-stop-go harvest across most of southern Britain this year…
With temperatures rising, the soil drying (what a contrast to last year) and…
The regular thump of gas bangers is a sign that the wintering flock of woodpigeons…