Farming

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, oil seed rape and beans for cattle feed.  Six metre field margins are left around most of these fields to benefit wildlife.  We also have 100 acres of grassland, on which sheep are grazed and about 50 acres of woodland. 

The soil is clay loam over either clay or red stony shale, varying from good, free-draining arable land to Culm Measure moorland.  The moorland is farmed in close cooperation with the Devon Wildlife Trust as part of their Working Wetlands project. 

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