FREE ELS Best Practice Farm Walks

Join other local farmers and specialists to discuss practical ways to best manage your Entry Level agreement. See a range of established ELS land in operation on a farm near you. Explore ways of dealing with problems that you have been scratching your head about.

The walks will include:
· Tips on how best to maintain your ELS points threshold
· Guidance on how best to locate land options that can deliver cost and environmental benefits to your farming system
· Meeting and hearing experiences of other farmers who have (O)ELS or UELS agreement
· An explanation of how derogation forms can be used to help overcome problem issues
· A clearer understanding of how management of your (O)ELS or UELS agreement can benefit wildlife, resource protection and the historic environment across the farm and help to meet the aims and objectives of the Campaign for the Farmed Environment

Farmland birds:
Wednesday 2nd November, 10.00am - 1.00pm
courtesy of Lodge Farm
- meeting at Carlton Scroop Village Hall, Carlton Scroop, Grantham, Lincs, NG32 3AR

Management of (O) ELS:
Wednesday 9th November, 1.30 - 4.30pm
courtesy of Grange Farm, Butt Lane, Normanton on Soar, Leics, LE12 5EE

Field margins, ditches and hedgerow management:
Thursday 10th November, 10.00am - 1.00pm
courtesy of Hose Lodge Farm, Harby Lane, Colston Bassett, Notts , NG12 3FL

Management of (O)UELS options in the UELS areas:
Friday 11th November, 10.00am - 1.00pm
courtesy of Beechenhill Farm, Ilam, Ashbourne, Derbys, DE6 2BD

Water and soil in non CSF catchments:
Wednesday 16th November, 10.00am - 1.00pm
courtesy of Severn Trent Farm, Stoke Bardolph Estate, The Sewage Works, Burton Joyce, Notts, NG14 5HL


When booking please have the following information to hand:
Names, address, telephone, farm size, farm type and agreement number, SBI and CPH numbers.

To book call 0870 190 2782 or email us.

The events are all FREE to attend and include light refreshments.