Grazing allows us to rest our land from arable production by growing grass leys or multi species cover crops. This land use sequesters carbon whilst grazing allows us to manage the landscape without the need for synthetic chemicals or heavy fertiliser use for that part of the farming rotation.

Grazing animals tread soil, provide manure and eat weeds, diseased leaves, or unwanted volunteer crops. 

Most importantly they provide soul to a farm.

In 2020 we re-introduced sheep to our farm as a way of better managing the grass leys grown for our haylage brand EH Haylage, and the cover crops in our regenerative farming system.

We continue to rear some 1,500 lambs per year on a contract basis for farms based in the North of England. This lamb is assured for quality by the Red Tractor Food Standards. We also have our own flock of New Zealand Romney Ewes that graze our herbal leys.