Welcome to the Grass into Gold farmers!
Find out who's taking part in our Grass into Gold pasture management programme by meeting the participating farmers here.
Read on to learn about the farms.
Ashdown Farm & Bonehayne Farm
Devon, England
Dairy Farm
Celia Diepenbroek and the team from...
Devon, England
Dairy Farm
Celia Diepenbroek and the team from Ashdown Farm, near Seaton, Devon are the latest additions to our Grass into Gold programme.
Over the course of the next year, Celia, Ben, Sam and Doeke Diepenbroek will work closely with Latham Gibbins from Barenbrug, who lives in Dorset. Together, Latham and the team will make improvements to several fields at the family’s second property, Bonehayne Farm, located in the Axe Valley, close to Colyton.
Birchills Farm
Derbyshire, England
Dairy Farm
Melvyn Shepherd farms 650acres...
Derbyshire, England
Dairy Farm
Melvyn Shepherd farms 650acres and is looking for consistent production and quality from his grassland.
Melvyn comments, "I hope to get expert advice for people who know a lot more about grass than me. And by using their products hopefully increase productivity improve production and quality by choosing the right grass mixtures."
Braemar Farm
County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Dairy Farm
Ian Pollock...
County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Dairy Farm
Ian Pollock farms 220 acres with 120 cows on this dairy farm that also manufactures ice cream on site.
Ian is looking for Grass into Gold to help him deliver an, “Increase first cut silage yields and to establish healthy, better performing swards to enable more ground to be re-seeded in the future.”
Cucumber Farm
West Sussex, England
Dairy Farm
Cucumber Farm in Singleton...
West Sussex, England
Dairy Farm
Cucumber Farm in Singleton, West Sussex, is actually dedicated to dairy farming. This thriving 115-acre operation is leased from The National Trust by David and Elizabeth Bensen, and has been run by the Bensen family since the 1950s.
Longlea Farm
Lanarkshire, Scotland
Dairy & Sheep Farm
Robert and Charlotte...
Lanarkshire, Scotland
Dairy & Sheep Farm
Robert and Charlotte Baillie are looking to improve their overall grassland and maximise grass growth for a three cut silage regime. Robert comments, "I am looking for Grass into Gold to help me be able to deliver better quality silage and more milk as a result of Mhairi and the team's advice and input."
Pitcairn Farm
Fife, Scotland
Beef and Sheep Farm
Craig Malone, a beef and sheep...
Fife, Scotland
Beef and Sheep Farm
Craig Malone, a beef and sheep farmer from Fife, and one of Barenbrug’s Scottish Grass into Gold participants, said: “By taking part in the Barenbrug scheme I hope to boost the profitability of my business, learn how to get my stock to perform better on grass and cut down on the use of fertilisers. At the moment all of our grassland – some 200 acres across 14 fields – is young, less than two years old, and we’ve got a rotational grazing system in place. In terms of specific goals, we want to make more silage. I’m also interested in finding better ways to control weeds and what the benefit of adding clover to my existing leys might be. I look forward to working with Mhairi and the teams at Barenbrug and Dow over the next twelve months to learn new grassland management techniques and assess the impact on our farm’s bottom line.”
Southern Pitts Farm
Pembrokeshire, Wales
Dairy Farm
Richard Morris has been working...
Pembrokeshire, Wales
Dairy Farm
Richard Morris has been working hard to ensure that next year is a bumper year for grass production.
As part of Grass into Gold, the plan is to sharpen his sward skills further. To improve the economics of his milk production, a number of pastures – including fields that can’t be deep cultivated – have been reseeded with a mixture of DUNLUCE, TYRELLA and DRUMBO. Results will be monitored carefully over the coming months