Yorkshire Agricultural Society

Farming remains the main industry in the Yorkshire Dales but ensuring the farms can adapt to agricultural reform, following the removal of the Basic Payment Scheme and the transition to the delivery of public goods, is paramount. Upland farms are known for their environmental benefits, species rich hay meadows, pastures used by breeding waders including c...

Cover crops are cornerstones of future farming policy and critical components of emerging 'regenerative agriculture' approaches that promise co-delivery of natural capital and human nutrition. While they can deliver multiple agronomic and environmental benefits, from increasing yields by building soil health and resilience to reducing on-farm emissions/in...