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🌿Farmer Alison turned part of her East Sussex farm into a BNG Habitat Bank with Environment Bank. 🐑Sustainable sheep grazing 🌸Wildflower meadows 🌳Woodland connections 💧New ponds coming soon Curious about how BNG could work for your land? #BNG #Biodiversity #EnvironmentBank

🌿Farmer Alison turned part of her East Sussex farm into a BNG Habitat Bank with <a href="/EnvironmentBank/">Environment Bank</a>.

🐑Sustainable sheep grazing
🌸Wildflower meadows
🌳Woodland connections
💧New ponds coming soon

Curious about how BNG could work for your land?
#BNG #Biodiversity #EnvironmentBank
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Southern Farmers Ltd: Not just a buying group — a trusted farming community of 1,200+ members! Better prices, friendly support, real relationships. 📰 Read more in the May issue, Pages 36–45 of #SouthEastFarmer magazine. Southern Farmers Ltd #SouthernFarmers #FarmSupport

Southern Farmers Ltd: Not just a buying group — a trusted farming community of 1,200+ members!

Better prices, friendly support, real relationships.

📰 Read more in the May issue, Pages 36–45 of #SouthEastFarmer magazine.

<a href="/SouthernFarmUK/">Southern Farmers Ltd</a> 

#SouthernFarmers #FarmSupport
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Lambing season reflections with Alan West. A tough start after a dog attack, but resilience wins again. Alan shares the highs and lows of this year’s lambing. 📍Page 29 - Read Alan’s honest and moving reflections from lambing season. #SheepFarming #FarmStories #SouthEastFarmer

Lambing season reflections with Alan West.
A tough start after a dog attack, but resilience wins again. Alan shares the highs and lows of this year’s lambing.

📍Page 29 - Read Alan’s honest and moving reflections from lambing season.

 #SheepFarming #FarmStories #SouthEastFarmer
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The June issue of #SouthEastFarmer is out now! - 10,000 at Hadlow College's lambing weekend - Lambert & Foster marks 125 years - Nigel Akehurst visits Pevensey Levels with Sussex Wildlife Trust 🦔 - News, advice & more inside 👉Link in bio #FarmingNews #WetlandRestoration

The June issue of #SouthEastFarmer is out now!

- 10,000 at <a href="/Hadlow_College/">Hadlow College</a>'s lambing weekend
- <a href="/LambertFoster/">Lambert & Foster</a> marks 125 years
- Nigel Akehurst visits Pevensey Levels with <a href="/SussexWildlife/">Sussex Wildlife Trust 🦔</a> 
- News, advice &amp; more inside

👉Link in bio

#FarmingNews #WetlandRestoration
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🚜 DEFRA’s shock SFI shutdown caused outrage. Farmers, MPs and industry leaders are pushing back. 📍 Page 4, June issue 👉 What’s next for rural policy and farm confidence? National Farmers' Union #SFI #DEFRA #FarmPolicy #SouthEastFarmer

🚜 DEFRA’s shock SFI shutdown caused outrage.

Farmers, MPs and industry leaders are pushing back.

📍 Page 4, June issue
👉 What’s next for rural policy and farm confidence?

<a href="/NFUtweets/">National Farmers' Union</a> 
#SFI #DEFRA #FarmPolicy #SouthEastFarmer
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🦋Farmers want to do more for wildlife, but Higher Tier scheme caps are holding them back. “There is still a lot more we can do… but we need long-term investment,” says Martin Hole (Pevensey Levels). 📍 Page 7, June issue #SouthEastFarmer 👉 Is it time for change? #CSHT

🦋Farmers want to do more for wildlife, but Higher Tier scheme caps are holding them back.

“There is still a lot more we can do… but we need long-term investment,” says Martin Hole (Pevensey Levels).

📍 Page 7, June issue #SouthEastFarmer
👉 Is it time for change?

#CSHT
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📢 Gabe Brown is coming to Plumpton College this July! 📍 Page 8, June issue 👉 Read more on this upcoming event Are you attending? #GabeBrown #FarmTalks #SouthEastFarmer

📢 Gabe Brown is coming to <a href="/PlumptonCollege/">Plumpton College</a> this July!

📍 Page 8, June issue
👉 Read more on this upcoming event

Are you attending?

#GabeBrown #FarmTalks #SouthEastFarmer
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🐑Lambs in trouble, a cow in the stream, and one ewe a little too eager… Monica Akehurst’s June column brings the chaos of spring to life. 📍Pages 14–15, June issue (Link in bio) 👉What’s your wildest spring story? #SouthEastFarmer #FarmStories #MonicaAkehurst #SpringFarming

🐑Lambs in trouble, a cow in the stream, and one ewe a little too eager…

Monica Akehurst’s June column brings the chaos of spring to life.

📍Pages 14–15, June issue (Link in bio)
👉What’s your wildest spring story?

#SouthEastFarmer #FarmStories #MonicaAkehurst #SpringFarming
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🐑10,000+ people flocked to Hadlow College for lambing weekend! A brilliant showcase of land-based education, hands-on farming, and future talent. 📍 Read more on pages 16–17, June issue #HadlowCollege #FarmEducation #SouthEastFarmer #Lambing2025

🐑10,000+ people flocked to <a href="/Hadlow_College/">Hadlow College</a> for lambing weekend!

A brilliant showcase of land-based education, hands-on farming, and future talent.

📍 Read more on pages 16–17, June issue

#HadlowCollege #FarmEducation #SouthEastFarmer #Lambing2025
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Should farms look like suburban gardens? Mike Kettlewell asks whether our neat farming aesthetic is doing anything for biodiversity. 📍 Pages 24–25, June issue 👉 What do you think? #MikeKettlewell #InPerspective #Hedgerows #SouthEastFarmer #Biodiversity #KelseyMedia

Should farms look like suburban gardens?

Mike Kettlewell asks whether our neat farming aesthetic is doing anything for biodiversity.

📍 Pages 24–25, June issue
👉 What do you think?

#MikeKettlewell #InPerspective #Hedgerows #SouthEastFarmer #Biodiversity #KelseyMedia
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🏡 125 years of service, trust & connection. Lambert & Foster celebrates a legacy built on farming families, local communities & evolving with the land, generation after generation. 📍 Pages 40–45, June issue #LambertAndFoster125 #FarmingHeritage #RuralLegacy #SouthEastFarmer

🏡 125 years of service, trust &amp; connection.

<a href="/LambertFoster/">Lambert & Foster</a> celebrates a legacy built on farming families, local communities &amp; evolving with the land,  generation after generation.

📍 Pages 40–45, June issue
#LambertAndFoster125 #FarmingHeritage #RuralLegacy #SouthEastFarmer
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What’s in the July issue of South East Farmer? 🔹 Small abattoir wins 🔹 20,000+ at the Watercress Festival 🔹 Regenerative farming spotlight 🔹 Strawberry tech at Wicks Farm 🔹 Plus: Monica Akehurst, Alan West & more 📍In print & online #SouthEastFarmer #JulyEdition #FarmingNews

What’s in the July issue of South East Farmer?
🔹 Small abattoir wins
🔹 20,000+ at the Watercress Festival
🔹 Regenerative farming spotlight
🔹 Strawberry tech at Wicks Farm
🔹 Plus: Monica Akehurst, Alan West &amp; more
📍In print &amp; online
#SouthEastFarmer #JulyEdition #FarmingNews
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Small abattoirs just won FSA support, but is it enough? Nigel Akehurst explains why they’re vital to local food systems and farmer choice. 📍Page 4, July issue 👉Is this discount enough to protect small abattoirs long-term? Food Standards Agency #SmallAbattoirs #LocalFood #SouthEastFarmer

Small abattoirs just won FSA support, but is it enough?

<a href="/nigelakehurst/">Nigel Akehurst</a> explains why they’re vital to local food systems and farmer choice.

📍Page 4, July issue
👉Is this discount enough to protect small abattoirs long-term?

<a href="/foodgov/">Food Standards Agency</a> 
#SmallAbattoirs #LocalFood #SouthEastFarmer
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🍓 Fruit Focus is tomorrow! Don’t miss your chance to meet growers, tech leaders & top exhibitors. 👉 Get a preview before you go - Page 26-33, #SouthEastFarmer July issue Fruit Focus #FruitFocus2025 #FruitFarming #GrowerEvents

🍓 Fruit Focus is tomorrow!

Don’t miss your chance to meet growers, tech leaders &amp; top exhibitors.

👉 Get a preview before you go - Page 26-33,  #SouthEastFarmer July issue

<a href="/FruitFocus/">Fruit Focus</a> 
#FruitFocus2025 #FruitFarming #GrowerEvents
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♻️ Ian Kitson is back and so is reliable farm recycling. Farm Waste Solutions offers pay-as-you-go collections for silage wrap, tyres, spray cans & more. 📍 Page 18, July issue 👉 No contracts. No hassle. Just results. #FarmRecycling #IanKitson #FarmWaste #SouthEastFarmer

♻️ Ian Kitson is back and so is reliable farm recycling.

Farm Waste Solutions offers pay-as-you-go collections for silage wrap, tyres, spray cans &amp; more.

📍 Page 18, July issue
👉 No contracts. No hassle. Just results.
#FarmRecycling #IanKitson #FarmWaste #SouthEastFarmer
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Livestock, tractors & even robotic fruit picking! 3,000 pupils from 72 schools took part in the Essex Schools Food & Farming Day, hosted by ARU Writtle and organised by the Essex Ag Society. What first drew you to agriculture? #FutureFarmers #SouthEastFarmer

Livestock, tractors &amp; even robotic fruit picking!

3,000 pupils from 72 schools took part in the Essex Schools Food &amp; Farming Day, hosted by <a href="/AngliaRuskin/">ARU</a> Writtle and organised by the <a href="/EssexAgSociety/">Essex Ag Society</a>.

What first drew you to agriculture?
#FutureFarmers #SouthEastFarmer
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🍦Ice cream, farm kit, sunshine and a thunderstorm. Anita Hickson’s Farm Sunday joined forces with Solley's Ice Cream Parlour & The Pub at Solley’s Parlour welcoming a wave of curious visitors and was a resounding success. 📍 Read more on Page 43, July issue #SouthEastFarmer #FarmSunday #Solleys #community

🍦Ice cream, farm kit, sunshine and a thunderstorm.

Anita Hickson’s Farm Sunday joined forces with <a href="/solleysicecream/">Solley's Ice Cream Parlour & The Pub at Solley’s</a> Parlour welcoming a wave of curious visitors and was a resounding success.

📍 Read more on Page 43, July issue #SouthEastFarmer
#FarmSunday #Solleys #community
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EU import checks delayed, but challenges remain. Sarah Calcutt explains what DEFRA’s extension means & why non-EU imports & UK growers are still feeling the pressure. Read the details on page 35, July issue #SarahCalcutt #BorderChecks #FreshProduce #SouthEastFarmer #KelseyMedia

EU import checks delayed, but challenges remain.

Sarah Calcutt explains what DEFRA’s extension means &amp; why non-EU imports &amp; UK growers are still feeling the pressure.

Read the details on page 35, July issue
#SarahCalcutt #BorderChecks #FreshProduce #SouthEastFarmer #KelseyMedia
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📉 DEFRA pledges £2.7bn/year for nature-friendly farming, but a £100m cut to core programmes raises concerns. 📍Pages 7–8, July issue explore the reaction from National Farmers' Union , Country Land & Business Assn , Soil Association & others. #SouthEastFarmer #FarmFunding #DEFRA #AgriPolicy #FoodSecurity

📉 DEFRA pledges £2.7bn/year for nature-friendly farming, but a £100m cut to core programmes raises concerns.

📍Pages 7–8, July issue explore the reaction from <a href="/NFUtweets/">National Farmers' Union</a> , <a href="/CLAtweets/">Country Land & Business Assn</a> , <a href="/SoilAssociation/">Soil Association</a>  &amp; others.

#SouthEastFarmer #FarmFunding #DEFRA #AgriPolicy #FoodSecurity
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🚜 Land-based professionals – Plumpton College is hiring! - Up to £40k + great benefits - Full teacher training - Relocation support - No teaching exp needed Apply: plumpton.ac.uk/we-are/vacanci… 📧[email protected] #PlumptonCollege #AgriCareers #TeachAg #AgEducation

🚜 Land-based professionals – <a href="/PlumptonCollege/">Plumpton College</a> is hiring!
 - Up to £40k + great benefits
 - Full teacher training
 - Relocation support
 - No teaching exp needed
Apply: plumpton.ac.uk/we-are/vacanci…
📧recruitment@plumpton.ac.uk

#PlumptonCollege #AgriCareers #TeachAg #AgEducation