Our young homebred bull Jay Z

We try to think of every field as a woodland clearing - ie surrounded by trees, hedge, scrub, wetland or another habitat

Vital edges

But I’m now obsessed with the fields

You can massively change the food chain from the bottom up in every pasture - way more abundant

Totally, the best animal nutrition science for ruminants shows they need selectivity of diet and as much diversity in their diet as possible

We like our fields to be surrounded by diverse browsing so they get what they know they need

Absolutely

I don’t grow milling wheat and if I did I’d have to do it professionally

It’s all about doing what we all can where we can

Total game changer

And, it blew my mind that we could plant trees or scrub in the rushes or wet and unproductive bits of grazed fields

And sometimes ended up with more grass as they help drainage and fix nitrogen if species like alder

I thought it was really excellent bit of writing - full of admiration for your skills

And I’m slightly indifferent to adventurers so you won me over!

Before
During
After

The transformation of productivity on this field where we have done the biggest tramples is unreal

Fed the soil
And now it’s doing things we’ve never seen before

15%