Lloyds Banking Group and Wildfarmed ‘Food & Nature Resilience Fund’ to Scale Investment in UK Regenerative Farming
Fund to scale regenerative farming
Finance
The Price of Change: Who Pays for the Regenerative Transition?
Funding the regenerative farming transition
The lay of the land: financing regenerative farming
Written by Ben Makowiecki, Agriculture Sustainability Director, Lloyds Regenerative farming is rapidly becoming one of the most important strategic shifts in UK agriculture. At its core, it focuses on building healthier soils, reducing input dependency, strengthening biodiversity, and increasing the resilience of farming businesses to climate and market volatility. Although approaches might vary, the underlying …
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Celebration with a cause: Staffordshire FCN marks 30 years
Staffordshire FCN’s 30th anniversary Farmers’ Ball brought the agricultural community together for an unforgettable night, raising vital funds and highlighting the growing importance of support for farmers under pressure. Staffordshire FCN held a Farmers’ Ball on 1 November to mark their 30-year anniversary. It was attended by over 400 people who celebrated throughout the night, …
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Reducing fertiliser without taking all the risk
Exchange Market pays arable farmers to help de-risk practical changes that reduce emissions, for example reducing fertiliser. With 12-month contracts, flexibility over actions and no requirement to sell carbon, it’s designed to fit real-world arable systems. For many arable farmers, the desire to reduce fertiliser is already there. Inputs remain a major cost, margins are …
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Use Analytics To Identify the Best Investments for Your No-Till Operation
Written by Noah Newman and published by No-Till Farmer, 30 January 2024 Clay Mitchell, no-tiller and co-founder of farmland venture capital firm Fall Line Capital, delivered a presentation at the 2024 National No-Tillage Conference on what no-tillers stand to gain from working with ag startups and new technologies. During the presentation, Clay questioned how to …
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Soil Association Exchange – Building business resilience through measurement
Ben Makowiecki, Agricultural Sustainability Director at Lloyds Bank, sets out the Bank’s ambition and actions in supporting Agricultural businesses to reach net zero. Building resilience is much talked about in UK agriculture. We all know the myriad pressures the industry is facing – from a changing climate, reduced government financial support, and a valid focus …
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Farmers unite over tree planting.
Planting trees in the right place at the right time can bring significant benefits to your farm including generating additional income through activities such as harvesting trees for timber, producing wood for fuel and other wood products, selling carbon units, and designing woodland for recreation and leisure use. Andy Gray, who farms at Elston Farm, …
The win-wins of Regenerative Agriculture
Regenerative agriculture has experienced a sharp rise from a niche concept to a commonplace strategy across the UK agricultural sector. It holds promise as a win-win strategy to address net zero and long-term farm productivity. Centred around improving and revitalising soil health, regenerative agriculture can be defined as any form of farming, which at the …