16/03/2026
Last week Andrew attended a couple of farmer meeting, which included, on Thursday, the Farm Carbon Toolkit "Carbon Farmer of the Year" Farm Walk at the home of Helen & Stuart Rogers.
After an initial introduction all those present braved the blustery weather to inspect the maize fields, where the strip till maize process the farm uses was discussed, before, looking at some grass land and discussing making better Nitrogen Usage Efficiency (NUE) of the nitrogen used on farm, by making it targeted to get the best ROI.
The group then continued around to look at a couple of strips of agroforestry that had been planted on farm with the ultimate aim of the cows grazing them vertically once better established.
It was great to see so many people, some having travelled from across the country, and some great discussions where had about maize, grassland establishment, fertiliser usage, hedgerows and many more things on the day.
From listening to Helen & Stuart there are some easy wins out there, all while maintaining a high producing Holstein herd, so there is nothing that they are doing that can't be replicated elsewhere!
Many thanks to them for hosting a very interesting day.
