Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Relatively few regions in the UK are well suited for arable farming, and most upland areas are ideal only for raising cattle and sheep. The permanent pastures of the uplands in this area are rich in biodiversity and an excellent habitat, in particular, for ground nesting birds. At present he farms 485 acres, of which he owns 160.

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Pasture Straw Farming Farming 68

Civil Eats

JANUARY 31, 2024

That’s how, a year later, he ended up at the largest cattle ranch in Montana, where the only thing more vast than its approximately 380,000 acres is the wealth and power of the man who owns it: one Rupert Murdoch. Behind them, green pastures stretched into the distance toward looming, sand-colored peaks. But they have to be big.

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Ranching Cattle Production Food 107

Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 31, 2023

Essington Farm is situated amidst beautiful countryside with cattle and sheep grazing or resting under gnarled oak trees and well-maintained hedges along the narrow roads. There were always beef cattle, too, but Simkin liked working with the pigs. From the age of 14, he looked after a small group of pigs.

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Farming Farming Straw Pasture 52