Sustainable Food Trust

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Permanent pastures are very biodiverse and a habitat for many different species In July, I was in Ridsdale, a village about 20km north of the market town of Hexham in Northumberland and visited four tenant farmers. At present he farms 485 acres, of which he owns 160. The farm has 500 acres, 75 of which are suitable for making silage.

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Pasture Straw Farming Farming 67

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. It’s not gonna be the last.”

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Ranching Cattle Production Food 98

Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 31, 2023

With roughly 230 acres, the farm is relatively small, says Simkin, but “with pigs you can still work at scale, have a viable business and provide excellent animal welfare”. The large pasture is securely fenced and split into individual paddocks separated by electric fencing. What he would like to do is expand the beef herd.

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Farming Farming Straw Pasture 52

Sustainable Food Trust

JUNE 28, 2023

SFT CEO Patrick Holden and his wife Becky Holden farm 300 acres in West Wales and produce a raw milk cheddar called Hafod with the milk from their herd of Ayrshire cows. Our permanent pastures are beautifully diverse with plant mixtures that change and evolve over the years.

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Farming Farming Straw Meadow 52