Farming at Dart Raffe

The farm is managed as a mixed arable and livestock unit, with crop production and sheep.

We have 115 acres of arable fields, which are this year planted to winter wheat and maize or in set aside. The crops are being grown for cattle feed for local dairy farmers. Six metre field margins are left around most of these fields to benefit wildlife.

The soil is clay loam over either clay or red stony shale, varying from good, free-draining arable land to Culm Measure moorland.

The farm is on land ranging from 150m to 185m above sea level, with a mix of flat land and valley slopes.

Below are a selction of images taken from around the farm. Click on the images to enlarge.

Harvesting Barley	Harvesting barley at night
Barley Crops	Maize Crops
Cultivating Maize ground	Sheep in the snow

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