hedgerow management

James farms Dairy Shorthorns east of Kendal, Cumbria, with his parents Kathleen and Henry, wife Michelle and sons Robert and Chris. The fifth generation to farm at Strickley, he is also vice-chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network

NFU senior countryside adviser, Claire Robinson said farmers had engaged with stewardship Capital Grants which support environmental delivery, ‘to only find the application window is suddenly closed for a review'

Work to boost species numbers has been hailed sucess as hundreds sign-up to Operation Turtle Dove

New project designed to show how agriculture can help boost nature and biodiversity

As the hedge-cutting closed period came to an end on September 1, we got some top tips to manage hedges to benefit the arable rotation, carbon storage, and wildlife