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Simon Cutter is confident his forage-based, easy-care system of producing beef and lamb will put him on a competitive footing with low-cost producers in
Brothers Aled and Iwan Evans, and Llifon Davies, have used rotational grazing and legumes to achieve a dairy farm’s stocking rate for a beef farm’s
The Welsh government is being urged to maintain a payment cap on support schemes for agriculture after the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) ends, to prevent
How a beef farm manages environmentally sensitive grazing >More in James Waight © MAG/Tom Askew-Miller Grazing in an environmentally sensitive way is not new for Farmers Weekly’s 2020 Beef Farmer of the Year, James Waight, who farms 4,400ha (10,868 acres) of some of the highest conservation-status grassland in the EU. All the grassland that is grazed by his 470 South Devon and Angus-cross cattle is in Mid Tier or Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship. It is also classified either as a site of special scientific interest, special are...
Farmers Weekly Awards 2020: Beef Farmer of the Year >More in James Waight is the 2020 Farmers Weekly Beef Farmer of the Year. Diligent herd management and careful stewardship of the land has marked the Wiltshire farmer out as an operator that is well-prepared for a future where scrutiny of agriculture by government and consumers is only going to intensify. Farm facts 470 head of cattle Spring and autumn-block calving Chalk grassland allows year-round grazing, but is drought prone Finding a way to raise cattle profitably while still protecting and improving the...