The latest news from the Upper Beult Farmer Cluster

On Thursday 2nd December 2021, farmers and agronomists from the River Beult and Stour catchments met at Hothfield Village Hall to discuss cultural control of

Megan Gimber provided us with an insight into hedgerow lifecycles, all the benefits they provide for wildlife and the key to revitalising any dwindling hedges.

On 1st July 2021, members of the Upper Beult Farmer Cluster joined forces with colleagues from the Marden Farmer Cluster to attend an event organised

The Farmer Cluster met at Coldharbour Farm at an event organised with Will Fraser. The event was part of the launch of Habitat Regeneration –

At the start of June Amy and Graham hosted the cluster at Ramstile Farm. The plan was to search for dung beetles in their low

Members and wildlife survey volunteers gathered in May 2021 for a walk through the hay meadows at Gable Hook Farm, hosted by Trayton Pont. Trayton

The increasingly rare but beautiful turtle doves will be returning to Kent after spending the winter in Sub Saharan Africa. From now (April-May) they should

2021 saw a record participation in the Big Farmland Bird Count. In Kent, 53 farmers took part with a total area of 13,462 ha (33,251

For the two presentations from Ben and James, check out the links below:   ELMs update Feb 2021 from James Woodward of Sustain Food and

Marketing your Farm Direct to the Consumer – a talk from Jill Sargent of Produced in Kent. Jill Sargent joined ‘Produced in Kent’ in 2006

Becky has been Project Manager for the Farm Carbon Toolkit for the last 7 years. She is involved in many applied research projects. Her areas

Dr Liz Genever is the former senior beef and sheep scientist at AHDB with a technical background in sheep and beef fertility and breeding, and