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You can make contact with the people who look after the HEFER maps and they can write an email/ letter to say the GS4 option is fine on your site. Have had some success in doing this. https://myshinedata.org.uk/#maincontent

With DEFRA offering to cover 70% of project costs for projects between £28k and £56k, what are the bright ideas on farm that need backing and pushing into the limelight? Any sector of the industry can get involved with focus on both productivity and sustainability. What innovative ideas can we...

Did you have any success with this? Do you happen to be in the Shropshire HIlls AONB?

First time attending ORFC this year after having attended OFC twice before. ORFC is incredibly diverse, accommodating left wing and more mainstream farmers, less infiltrated by ‘hangers on’. Same positive attitude, another fantastic opportunity to network and much less pricey. I felt very...

The reward will be amazing!

Following with intrigue, Interesting to hear the shallow plough recommended!

You can enquire about ways to get involved in supporting any aspect of the agricultural transition period by emailing [email protected]

The cool farm tool and the farm carbon tool kit can both be found online and contain calculators for assessing the carbon balance of Farms. if you take a look at these you may find that they don’t answer your questions directly because carbon capture is hard to quantify and relies on many...

Using the suggestion that "a large percentage of land will end up covered by such agreements (ELMS)" Could we presume that it will only be the most productive land that survives a chance of surviving without the need for public funds to prop its business up. Then the less productive land could...

No land will be eligible for BPS come 2028. But will be eligible for ELMS. I think I heard a minister say in an interview the land would not have to be sold, it could be rented out.

I think it depends which angle you’re looking at it from. From an earthworm population perspective, I was reliably informed last year that earthworm populations could recover from the damage caused by ploughing if the land were laid to pasture for 3 years. So your rotation would more than...

The was I see it, is the person who takes over then has the option to farm without subsidy or enrol into ELMS. Increasing the potential for early uptake.

Yes same owner

I’m sorry to say I signed it away, in the interests of ‘working together’. The land was replaced with better grazing but this was 20 minutes in a different direction.

I agree you cannot blame them, but we’re you not compensated in any way?

I had land sold in the middle of an FBT and the TFA seemed to suggest that there was little which could be done. With that I also took the view at the time it wasn’t worth fighting. I’m still left feeling it doesn’t quite sit right.

Fair enough, I am genuinely interested in any thoughts on how we could accurately prove the benefits we are providing

What would your suggestion be to prove to the big multi national companies how much carbon we are sequestering for them each year? I’d love to see it happen directly without a middleman (government) but after a little research it turns out organic matter and soil carbon content tests can change...

Used one to put a similar amount in on my apprenticeship. Sown both ways in the morning, harrowed and rolled with the horse in the afternoon. Was very surprised how even it came.