Working together for sustainable farming
£2,500 Funding for New Ponds in Cheshire East Are you interested in creating a new pond and have land in Cheshire East local authority? Ponds must be located within a target area and we can quickly check if your proposed site is eligible. There is a payment of £2,500 per[…]
Bollin Local Landscape Recovery Project. The National Trust, Cheshire East Council and Tatton Estates are proposing an application for landscape recovery funding, the project will focus on the River Bollin catchment. Landscape recovery money is focused on delivering habitat improvements across large areas and is bespoke funding so those involved[…]
Join us for a Hog Roast and Refreshments Wednesday 25th September Holly Tree Farm, Lower Withington, Macclesfield and we will be sharing a stand with Butcher Barlow solicitors, Bennett Brooks chartered accountants and Meller Speakman. Join us for a complimentary Hog Roast between 11:30am – 2:00pm, or any time throughout[…]
Defra’s ministers have said they don’t want to overturn the applecart and are fully committed to environmental land management schemes (ELM). The first expanded offer agreements started on 1 August 2024 and landowners are being asked to apply in a in a controlled way, so everyone gets the right level of service and[…]
New Woodland working with the Mersey Forest in Cheshire Interested in Woodland Creation in Cheshire? ELM Associates have project manged 33ha of new woodland projects this last winter and 31ha the year before. We now have a wide range of examples and woodland types ranging in size from 0.4ha to[…]
Trees planted at popular ice cream farm as part of agroforestry scheme A popular ice cream farm in Cheshire is set to introduce more flavours to its menu thanks to the range of trees they’ve planted this season as part of an agroforestry scheme. Snugbury’s is a family run ice[…]
· The Mersey Forest · Malpas, Cheshire · Lower Moss Farm · Partners: ELM Associates Volunteers from the local beaver and cubs group enjoyed helping to plant and getting muddy Local community join together to plant new woodland on Cheshire farm Volunteers, including residents and a local cubs and beaver[…]
With Sustainable Farm Incentive (SFI) payments for establishing grass legume swards under action NUM2 there has been a lot of talk around how best to get these established within existing grass swards. In a well-balanced grass/clover sward (20-30% clover), the potential nitrogen generated through fixation by the clover nodules is[…]
If you have been keeping an eye on the Defra blog posts you’ll have noted that new actions are available through the Sustainable Farming Incentive from later this summer, to add to the current set of 23 actions. You may already be in an SFI agreement, in which case you’ll[…]
While it’s been a challenging season, our 11 woodland creation projects with the Mersey Forest in Cheshire are now completed with 33ha of new woodland established this year through a mixture of natural colonisation and planting. All projects are different, and the grant assistance is tailored to the farm’s objectives. […]
