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Member Insights: Sparham Hall Farm, Lyng
The ‘straw’ harvest is over for another year – not much straw, though. The winter barleys held up pretty well considering the severe heat and long drought; but the spring barley here was truly awful and I’m done with it for good. The maize will soon start to be harvested if heatwave number 4 goes…
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Living Time Capsules
Listen closely and you’ll hear the landscape whispering to you. It’s telling you a tale of time gone past, where horses were the main means of transportation and for agricultural work, where the land was worked by hand and communities banded together to get the job done. Look for the depression in a field to…
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A deep dive into our soil
Soil. A whole living world beneath our feet. The most important feature for a healthy planet – with healthy soil comes healthy plants, happy animals and thriving people. But how can we ensure our soils remain at their best whilst trying to grow a commercially viable annual crop and feed our communities? This was the…
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An AGM with forward focus
As we gathered for our AGM in a local village hall there was a real sense of optimism amongst Wensum Farmers. The meeting gave the normal run down of finances and the legalities but we swiftly moved on to a review of all the milestones we had hit in the last 12 months, took a…
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