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Rural Issues | Farmlink | Livestock | a Farmer's View 18,000 COPIES DISTRIBUTED FREE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHWEST Jan/Feb 2017 | Issue 64 WIN AN OVERNIGHT HOTEL STAY, 3 COURSE DINNER & BREAKFAST FOR TWO A farmer’s view Riverford – farm to fork Brand new kitchen garden A day out at a farm sale River Cottage – Grow it, eat it A smallholder’s story – how it all began Campaign For Rural England (CPRE) Plus: Country News Competitions courtesy of Langford Fivehead Restaurant & Rooms, West of England Game Fair and Haxnicks farm to fork | rural issues | farmlink | livestock | a farmer’s view | green issues | veterinary CALL NOW FOR A GOOD PRICE ………. inside this issue Country News 4 Letter to the editor 7 More cats in the countryside? GET IN TOUCH thelandsman Property 8 Think Media (UK) Ltd Springdale Farm Bungalow The Granary & Sawmill Tickenham Court Property 9 Washing Pound Lane | Clevedon You don’t have to be a farmer to enjoy a day out at a farm sale! North Somerset | BS21 6SB Competition 10 www.thelandsman.co.uk Win a fleece Easy Tunnel from Haxnicks twitter.com/landsmanlife FarmLink 11 Editorial Be part of something special Rebecca Hacker [email protected] A farmer’s view 13 Hedge laying – a country skill Art Editor Christy Walters Green Issues 15 Batteries with everything Designer Laurie Edwards Livestock 16-17 From two pigs to two farms Production Rachael Ellway Veterinary practise 19 [email protected] Rules, regulations and hoops of legislation T. 01275 400778 Hellier Pest Control 20 Advertising Rodenticide control laws – do you comply? Sandra Hardie [email protected] Rural issues 21 T. 01460 55105 2017, a year of surprises? Contributors Benjamin Barber BVetMed (Hons) MRCVS Competition 22 CPRE Win West of England Game Fair 2017 tickets Farmlink Gillian Dixon CPRE 23 Hellier Pest Control “Devolution” – what may this mean for all of us? Katherine Crouch Keith Wheaton-Green Making a country living 24-25 Lye Cross Farm Moor View Alpacas RHS Garden Rosemoor River Cottage Competition 26 Riverford Win an overnight stay, 3 course dinner and full English breakfast at Langford Fivehead Songbird Survival Stags Farm to Fork 27 Stephen Davy-Osborne Kale: ubiquitous, underrated & tasty Stewart Horne Gardening 29-35 Victoriana Nursery Gardening in my head 29 Printed by From garden to plate – create your kitchen garden 30 Newsquest What, where and how - planning a kitchen garden 31 Printed on 70gsm Woodfree paper Kitchen garden – Asparagus 33 Grow it, eat it 34 Disclaimer Recipe – Red cabbage, parsnip, orange and dates 35 Every effort is made to ensure accuracy of dates, event information and advertisements. thelandsman accepts no responsibility for events that might be cancelled and Wildlife 36 can accept no responsibility for the accuracy of any Help make a difference now information or claims made by advertisers included in this magazine. The views expressed do not necessarily Country diary 37 reflect the views of thelandsman. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part without written permission strictly prohibited. © Copyright 2017. Think Media (UK) Ltd twitter.com/landsmanlife country news Given the current straitened times, many businesses are reconsidering their long-term strategy, including succession Farmers: Plan strategy planning, with some extremely positive outcomes. However, those who have invested heavily with the use of capital allowances, and who are now restructuring or retiring, could now, warns Old Mill crystallise large profits when selling plant and equipment, Mr Vickery warns. “It could be worth re-evaluating the business Farmers could enjoy a buoyant couple structure to reduce the resulting tax liability.” of years ahead of Brexit but the However, any changes in business structure must be industry may face another downturn reflected in personal Wills, adds Ashfords solicitor Jonathan after 2020, experts have warned. It is Hickman. “A poorly drafted Will can cause just as many therefore vital that they re-evaluate problems as not having one: If you change your business their business plans to make the structure you will need to review your Will,” he says. most of the good times and protect Having an open dialogue about succession planning could against future volatility. also enable a business to reduce its tax liability, he adds. Andrew Vickery, head of rural This includes identifying assets which qualified for Agricultural services at accountant Old Mill, and Business Property Relief, and whether the main house says farmers are currently benefiting from the weak Pound was eligible for the new Residence Nil Rate Band (RNRB). following the EU referendum. This is making exports more “If your whole estate is worth more than £2m the RNRB will competitive and has boosted the basic payment by 16.5% in be tapered down and above £2.2m it will not be available at 2016. “If currency stays weak we could have two or three very all, so it could be worth using lifetime gifts to maximise the good years.” tax reliefs available.” However, the uncertainty of Brexit and the 2020 CAP reform Being proactive and planning ahead could make the means farmers have to prepare for a future with ambiguous difference between a successful, viable business and one that government support, warns Paul Blundell, relationship director doesn’t survive, warns Mr Vickery. “Don’t be too complacent. in rural services at HSBC. “Don’t wait until 2020 to start Agricultural tax reliefs are very generous at the moment and planning,” he says. “You need to get your business in a shape that the Government would find it politically very easy to change you can farm the way you want to without financial support.” them: Make the most of the good times while you can.” “We are already seeing benefit from removing the Rhododendron with new Invasive species growth in the area. There is also an area of ancient woodland which has been cleared, meaning that acorns, removal clears the beech mast, Scots pine seeds, and hazel nuts have the chance of successfully germinating. Streams way for wildlife in the area have also benefitted from getting more light after the removal Removal of invasive Rhododendron swamping Arrowsmith of the Rhododendron, and the clearing of the area has allowed Coppice in Poole has created space for the regeneration of Borough of Poole to erect bat boxes in the trees.” wildlife such as heather and purple moor grass, and allowed DWT’s Urban & East Dorset Living Landscapes Manager, better access for local people, which had impassable areas Nicki Brunt said, “Not only has wildlife benefitted, but people before the project started. Other wildlife sighted in the area have too, as the clearance means people can move more include dragonflies, grey wagtail, butterflies, and roe deer. freely through the site to see oaks and beech trees and hear Conservation work carried out by staff and volunteers from woodland and heathland birds. It’s amazing what a partnership Borough of Poole and Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) as part of the project like this can achieve, and we’re grateful to all the Great Heath Living Landscape project, started in September volunteers who have helped made this happen.” 2014 with a Community Payback group, and then followed Work is still ongoing, and the majority of the work should with volunteering from various additional groups including be finished in March this year. Clearance by volunteers in Richmond Fellowship, Verwood Centre and Quay school. more sensitive areas will continue for a few more years. Rhododendron is a purple flowering shrub which is an There will also be a requirement for spraying regrowth of invasive species, smothering and killing native plants and trees. the Rhododendron that has already been cleared to prevent Jez Martin, Biodiversity Project Officer, Borough of Poole said, re-growth. Photography: Arrowsmith Coppice after the work started © Jez Martin Coppice Arrowsmith Photography: 4 country news Trust to test new multi-agency agroforestry model on 48 acres The Dartington Hall Trust is pioneering a new model of from their own trees agroforestry that aims to combine five food and farming independently. enterprises to create an agroecological system that is both Marina O’Connell, collaborative and commercially viable. Huxhams Cross The planting plan developed by Dartington sees farm Farm, says: ‘We tenants Jon and Lynne Perkin, of Old Parsonage Farm, are very excited team up with Luscombe Drinks, Huxhams Cross Farm and to be a part of Salthouse & Peppermongers, who are in partnership with the this collaboration, Trust itself. and look forward Delivering 48 acres of agroforestry was one of the terms to watching the of the Perkins tenancy when they came to farm at Dartington transformation of the in 2015.In recognition of the expense involved in setting up field as the trees and an agroforestry system the Trust worked with the Perkins to crops mature, and the identify suitable partners. biodiversity increases. Luscombe Drinks and Huxhams Cross Farm were Not to mention picking ideal collaborators as they are ecologically minded local delicious apples.’ companies wishing to meet a growing demand for their tree Planting more trees crops. Salthouse & Peppermonger, who specialise in gourmet on farms has been a topic of much discussion nationally seasonings, were willing to partner with The Dartington recently, particularly as one of the potential solutions to Hall Trust on the innovative Sichuan pepper planting to flooding. Trevor Mansfield, Senior Adviser to Strategy demonstrate that agroforestry can also increase the diversity Implementation Team, Natural England, said: ‘I am delighted of local food crops. to learn that the agroforestry plans are going ahead at The Perkins have licensed each partner enterprise to plant Dartington. Agroforestry is a farming system that has lots 1600 elderflower trees, 600 apples trees and 150 sichuan to offer for the future, combining food production with sound pepper trees respectively on their farm from January 2017.
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