by Tom Fairfax | Jan 22, 2022 | environment, Farming, Regenerative Farming, Uncategorized
Hurrah! The Johnes Blood Tests are back and the cattle have all tested negative. This is great news, Johnes can lie dormant and doesn’t appear till the cattle are quite mature. We do keep a “closed herd” meaning that we breed all our own...
by Tom Fairfax | Dec 24, 2021 | environment, Farming, Risk, Uncategorized
When Storm Arwen hit the East Coast of the UK at the end of November it left a trail of devastation through a number of communities. Though the headlines focused on the lack of power and water, a much longer term impact is still to be seen in the woodlands. Coming...
by Tom Fairfax | Jul 20, 2021 | environment, Farming, Regenerative Farming
With the astonishing amount of technology increasingly available to farmers, whether chemical, biological, mechanical or doctrinal, it is easy to forget that we are never at liberty to make complete unilateral decisions. The ground with which we are privileged to work...
by Tom Fairfax | Jul 3, 2021 | environment, Farming, Regenerative Farming
As a mixed farm, Mindrum has long relied on long ley rotational grass as part of our farming system. Historically, we have relied on a combination of glyphosate and the plough to manage the transition from grass to arable phases. Switching to a regenerative model...
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