Balancing food, farming & nature from a small farm in Devon. Continuing to assist farmers & conservationists with farm & environmental business planning.
A great day with @NaturalEngland colleagues learning about Maximum Sustainable Output (MSO) on a lovely historic farm in Northumberland.
Farmers putting profit, sustainability & fine food together into a virtuous self-reinforcing business model.
The ideas are in this book….
A successful time spent at the #ORFC Audience was at capacity with many being turned away. The link at 7.20 will take you to a short interview with Nic Renison, part of the Nethergill panel for the presentations and discussion.
#sustainablefarming#MSO https://t.co/GLqLxASkBV
Amazing first day at @ORFC - #farming in all its diversity, strength and resilience - deep and serious discussions about complex issues - rather different to the tractor-jam politics of others.
We witnessed so many wonderful discussions, connections, and conversations taking place yesterday both in-person and online.
It's not too late to join the knowledge-sharing and community-building taking place online today: https://t.co/VzKJKxr43t
Photo Credit: Hugh Warwick
Awareness of MSO is on the increase!
"DO you know what your farm's Maximum Sustainable Output is - and how it might help you work smarter rather than harder?
#mso#theprofitablefarm#farmmanagement#workingwithnature
https://t.co/HMXEYtESP7
THE FUTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE FARMING - MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE OUTPUT (MSO)
Balancing food, farming and nature.
Contact me for an audio recording of the presentation.
#sustainablefarming#agroecology#orfc2025
Delighted to be welcoming @Nethergill as part of @monitorfarms here in 2wks to discuss 'balancing the sweetspot between output & profit'. It's a very different way to evaluate the business and a goal for the future.
Everyone welcome!
#monitorfarm26
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@PeelhamFarm@BalbirnieFarm@howemill@farm_wheeler The only metric for any successful business (farming included) is ROTA: measuring the relationship between the Balance Sheet (assets turn) & the P&L (margin). MSO singularly feeds into both by improving margin & increasing natural capital.
We look at farm profitability in today’s special ‘bonus episode’ made with Devon farm business consultancy @Nethergill. Can a farm business be more profitable if it uses fewer inputs?
https://t.co/cwWWZlVLid
Interested in how we use our land for farming? Find out more about our farming and our latest report ‘'Farming at the Sweet Spot’ 🚜 @NFFNUK@Nethergill https://t.co/MhoRTN9aIr
Today we launch our 'Farming at the Sweet Spot' report with @NFFNUK which reveals a viable business model for farmers to increase profitability, reduce reliance on external inputs, and contribute to environmental recovery.🌳 Read more 👉 https://t.co/TG8bwGc77J
@AHDB_BeefLamb monitor farm discussion group with @Leah_Shanks1 getting both barrels from Chris Clark @Nethergill explaining about hitting the "sweet spot"
Lots of head scratching going on !
@HighFarndale@EdenSwimmer @TonyDartmoor @timfarron@DefraGovUK We haven’t done so far, but becoming apparent that there is a need to incorporate this info. Local abattoirs are & will be critical for farm profitability, particularly if they offer a per animal slaughter charge