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Hello everyone, **not spamming but was suggested to move to this thread** I wondered if anyone had any contacts for livestock farmers in England who are actively trying to achieve 'net zero' in their farming business. I'd like to chat with them about what they think the benefits are in doing...

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone had any contacts for livestock farmers in England who are actively trying to achieve 'net zero' in their farming business. I'd like to chat with them about what they think the benefits are in doing this, what are the barriers, and how their business...

Hello everyone, My name is Peter and I am a lecturer at the University of Leeds. I am currently leading a project on supporting UK hill and upland farmers in the transition towards ELMs and Net-Zero and I am looking to interview on-farm some hill/upland farmers in the above areas. I would be...

Hello all, I hope the weather is fine where you are and if you're not too busy mowing and bailing I would appreciate it if you could help me out with my research. My name is Peter and I am a PhD student in business and management studies at Huddersfield university. I am a farmer’s son and live...

Hello all, I hope the weather is fine where you are and if you're not too busy mowing and baiiling I would appreciate it if you could help me out with my research. My name is Peter and I am a PhD student in business and management studies at Huddersfield university. I am a farmer’s son and...

Been trying out this app called 'Picture This' on my phone when out and about in the fields this week. Still early days with it yet but quite enjoying. Always losing my pocket guides and find it difficult to look up, with accuracy, certain plants when i've got home. Not sure if anyone else...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-derbyshire-51957877/coronavirus-walkers-continue-to-explore-great-outdoors Don't know if anyone else if experiencing more and more walkers with dogs through since the new lockdown measures in place. Seem to be resting more on our farmyards and hanging...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jun/10/ocado-invests-in-vertical-farms Seems to be a rise in the number of start ups engaging in vertical/urban farming practices for sustainability reasons. With Ocado investing in this, and the government announcing their 2050 climate change targets...

https://www.fwi.co.uk/farm-life/open-farm-sunday-2019-visitor-numbers-fall-by-a-fifth Hope everyone had a good time that did manage to get out and visit some farms for Open Sunday (before it rained too much). Only managed to visit two myself. The first one was a community run (small farm) in...

Hello all, Been reading the book 'Wildling' by Isabella Tree and it really has got me thinking. For those of you whom haven't read it, it's practically a timeline of how a once struggling farm has managed to turn themselves financially through letting nature takes its course on the farm...

As the title shows. What are the main challenges associated with tenant farming when compared to owning a farm outright? Obviously you have the financial burden of paying rent, but what other challenges are there? Do you find that landlords can be restrictive of you wanting to develop your...

Hello everyone. I am writing this thread to bridge the gap between the research community and farmers. Research is a two way process which needs communication from both sides, whether this being undertaken by student researchers, academics, or within industry. It is a vital part of moving the...