Semper Grassland Arable Reversion Scheme

As you can see below, we have two photographs of our ongoing Semper Grassland Arable Reversion Scheme. Here we have established limestone species rich flowers, with the goal of enhancing biodiversity. The project is now looking good and in these photographs you can see the ‘White Ox Eye Daisies’ in full flower.

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Blankney Farm Update – 1 August 2025

August 5, 2025
The dry period continued through to the middle of July, with the Estate only receiving 30% of its annual rainfall in the March to July period. This is not surprising to us. When we assessed our winter cereal crop potential at the end of May, we witnessed the loss of ‘tillers’ and a reduced ‘grainRead More ⤍

Blankney Farm Update – 29 May 2025

June 3, 2025
We’ve had some rain! So far, we’ve had just over an inch of rain – mainly at night – which is most welcome.Our sugar beet and maize crops have improved almost immediately and now look well. Our winter cereal crops really did struggle during this extremely dry period. From the 1st Marchto the 23rd May,Read More ⤍

Blankney Farm Update – 2 May 2025

May 2, 2025
The weather continues to be the ‘hot topic’! We only recorded 16.8mm of rain in March and April – the lowest rainfall we’ve had since records began at this site in 1948! Farm operations have been good, with seed beds prepared well and crops establishing into moisture in a timely manner. We started irrigating grassRead More ⤍

Blankney Farm Update – 7 April 2025

April 7, 2025
The weather has continued to be on our side! We recorded 6.7mm of rainfall in March. A small amount, but not the driest March we’ve ever had – in 1961 we recorded 5.1mm and 5.8mm in 1948. Our soils probe readings from the beginning of March showed our fields were at field capacity, Our hopeRead More ⤍