Transition Farmers

Farm size: 162ha

Enterprises
Beef and sheep

Transition goals
- Reducing disease in sheep
- Being better than net zero
- Establishing herbal leys

Farm Size: 244ha

Enterprises
Cereals (142ha), grassland (100ha), 120,000 broilers

Transition goals
- Supporting the next generation
- Replacing lost BPS income
- Adapting to uncertain weather

Farm size: 138ha

Enterprises
Potatoes, brussels sprouts, parsnips, malting barley

Transition goals
- Reducing cultivations
- Improving soil health
- More resilient rotations

Farm size: 151ha

Enterprises
Grass-fed dairy (300 cows on 151ha)

Transition goals
- Securing adequate labour
- Better understanding ELM
- Reducing carbon footprint

Farm size: 800ha

Enterprises
Winter wheat, spring barley, spring beans, oats, linseed and OSR

Transition goals
- 30% cut in carbon emissions
- Establish 10ha of agroforestry
- Establish 10ha of woodland

Farm size: 73ha

Enterprises
Dairy, milk delivery service, ice cream parlour and farm shop

Transition goals
- Co-operating to reduce costs
- Establishing a new dairy
- Reducing carbon footprint

Farm size: 275ha

Enterprises
Mixed arable, beef and sheep

Transition goals
- Bridging income gap
- Fully diversified business
- Widening the rotation

Farm size: 2,650ha

Enterprises
Cereals, OSR, sugar beet, pulses, feedstock and woodlands

Transition goals
- Improve soil heath
- Develop natural capital revenues
- Achieve carbon net zero by 2030

Farm size: 1,800ha

Enterprises
Cereals, forage and grain maize, renewables and diversifications

Transition goals
- Help shape SFI through pilot
- Make more use of data
- Take natural capital opportunities

1,700 breeding sows

Enterprises
Weaning and finishing 1,000 pigs a week with local B&B deals

Transition goals
- Facilitate change in supply chain
- Gain more control of future
- Diversify

Farm size: 285ha

Enterprises
170-cow suckler herd (Herefords and Stabilisers); beans, wheat, spring barley, oats

Transition goals
- Recruiting and retaining farm staff
- Restructuring suckler herd
- Improving business resilience

Farm size: 285ha

Enterprises
Rearing and finishing 350 beef cattle; wheat, beans, barley and fodder beet

Transition goals
- Increase cattle numbers and slash finishing time
- Reduce dependence on inputs
- Improve grassland and access

Farm size: 375ha

Enterprises
Sheep – 950 ewes on owned land, 550 on rented area; suckler cows and followers; root crops

Transition goals
- Extend and manage natural woodland
- Plant hedgerows for biodiversity
- Rely less on volatile inputs

Farm size: 240ha

Enterprises
530 three-way ProCross cows, all-year-round calving, three-times-a- day milking, 11,000 litres a cow

Transition goals
- Recruit and retain the right staff
- Maintain animal health and welfare
- Increase direct sales

Farm size: 1,250ha

Enterprises
Winter wheat, OSR, spring barley, spring beans, lupins, rotational grass; share farming sheep

Transition goals
- Maintain margins
- Improve soil health and resilience
- Enhance the natural environment

Farm size: 1,100ha

Enterprises
Cereals, oilseed rape, winter beans

Transition goals
- Improve profitability and margins
- Continue to improve soil health
- Control and optimising input use