Balancing food production and ecosystem function - a UK farmers perspective - Ian Horsley

Ian and his wife, Rosanna, are first-generation farmers who started on a small traditional farm in Devon in 2014 and then expanded the business and moved up to Worcestershire in 2017.
Change has been a constant through Ian’s farming career, developing a performance-recorded Lleyn flock and then, two years ago, making the decision that cattle would be better suited to their regenerative farming approach. Baston Hall is now 90% Aberdeen Angus cattle and 10% sheep, with a key focus on soil health, biodiversity and pasture-fed meat.
The livestock are grazed using an adaptive multi-paddock mob-grazing system and selected to thrive on pasture, support a calf over winter on hay and pasture alone and calve unaided each year. Cattle are bale-grazed outdoors for the bulk of winter, significantly reducing feed and housing costs from £2.82/day to £1.09/day. Ian is also involved in an Innovative Farmers field lab, studying the wider benefits of this system.
The farm is in Mid-Tier Countryside Stewardship, including hedge laying, GS4 legume and herb-rich swards and GS2 low-input grassland.
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