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Nope - I never stated agriculture was the main issue - I am well aware that it is a large number of issues - the constant paving of peoples gardens is a big problem - at the end of the day - the water moves too quickly through the catchment and does not get held where it used to be - regardless...

Thats a perfectly reasonable response - Im really hoping now that preople have never felt like that at the end of a workshop Ive been involved in and will pass it on

Im just watching the Groundswell video shared by Howellcourt farm - very good, worth watching. Interestingly - well managed soils and tree canopy are more effective at holding back water than wetlands according to university research - not watched it all yet - Adaptation is an important concept...

Thanks so much for sharing that

The main issues with water - silt pollution from runoff from road/ fields/ tacks - any hard surface water lands on - if it ends up in the river/ straems it covers the gravels and creates habitats that wont support the invertebrates and fish. It blocks the drains increasing flooding issues and it...

I know it would be site specific - out of interest - why wouldnt it be wotrkable?

Hi - is that a query for now - or for a workshop

Theres lots of talk - its been going on forever - about landscape scale/ wildlife corridors/ water pollution/ water shortages - and one of the most obvious answers is to restore all stream and river corridors - with margins that will work - ideally 3d/ wetted/ wide - minimum 20m - If all funding...

Join/ Start a farm cluster group in your area - work/ talk to other farmers

Yep, I know, its a shame isnt it

Check out if there are any farm cluster groups near you - these groups bring farmers together to discuss issues between them/ work together on dealing with the transition/ support each other on knowledge gaps

Im not sure ELMs is set up to reward - more nudge.

That would be good too -

I fully agree - our rivers and streams are completely f...ed. And riparian margins of a decent width are vital - and it needs to be seen as essential not something half arsed, With payment rates for fencing being a third of cost currently - even fencing a narrow riparian margin is unlikely now...

Hi all So - working with an organisation that has funding to do workshops for farmers/landowners in South East - looking at water quality/ soil management/ nature based solutions - nothing new in the topics now - but we want these workshops to be useful so - if you wanted a workshop that...

I ve wondered about farmers views on reverse auctions - as it always seemed to me that this was a way of knocking down payments - it is not working? Difficult to find out such information as organisations dont sing about mistakes.

Hi All Im not a farmer (farmers daughter though and watching with despair the difficulties you are going through) and I work in countryside conservation. Im looking at Nitrogen credits because of Nutrient neutrality rulings. Im wanting to get some idea of real world figures for growing crops and...