July

A decade on from the vote to leave the European Union (EU) and its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), English farmers were, in June, presented with the Farming Roadmap 2050, this Labour government’s view on what the next 25 years holds for the sector.

I visited one of our longest established floral field margins over the weekend. Stepping out of the truck prompted four skylarks to ascend, filling the sky with birdsong. This part of the farm is the bastion of the skylark, away from the wooded areas down by the village, these large open fields are their favorite place.

This spring, we have established 6.7 hectares of AB9 Winter Bird Seed Mix across our 320-hectare farm at the GWCT Allerton Project in Loddington.