As a farmer you can’t look at the label or read the instructions for this type of farming, you have to learn from others, and we hope Carbon Calling acts as a catalyst for farmers to learn from each other,” says Tim.

“I’ve started direct drilling, experimenting with deeper rooting plants and mob grazing sheep and cattle. We have seen grey partridges, mallards and red squirrels start to come back in the area.”

‘Carbon Calling is a grass roots conference packed with inspirational farmer speakers, we can promise a weekend briming with innovation and positive vibes, which will enable us to farm profitability working along side nature."

Carbon dating is a service that connects livestock farmers who want land with arable farmers who want stock.

 “The idea is we help them achieve their objectives and they help us achieve ours.”The key for us is to find likeminded people,” says Mr Haire. It’s about coming at this with a fresh set of eyes and thinking about what’s in it for us as opposed to what’s in it for me".

“Our ‘first date’ was at our place and then we went and looked at what they were doing and got an understanding of that,” says Mr Haire.
“Then there were the logistics of getting the agreement sorted – grazing windows, fencing, how to transport the ewes and so on.”

“This rehabilitation approach – and the reason we’re in organic conversion – is because our soils are exhausted from intensive production of winter wheat, carrots, potatoes and maize,” says estate manager Nathan Nelson.

“Soil tests revealed organic matter levels of just 2.5% and a lack of soil aggregates,” he explains. “We saw this playing out in 2020, with soil washed off the fields [during winter flooding].”

Another Successful and Sunny Day On-farm at Kaiapoi Farm 

Getting people together on farm is incredibly important to showcase first-hand the opportunities in tech development that will deliver big impact on farms.
Claire Hodge, Head of Agri-Tech (Crops) at Agri-EPI Centre