Visit of Environment Secretary
Secretary of State looks at Conservation Agriculture on our farm.
We welcomed the Environment Secretary, Micheal Gove, to our farm to review aspects of our practice of farming.
With him we discussed the progress we have made in recent years to develop regernative/conservation agriculture ("no-till"), and reviewed the soil biome experiment which we have been doing here for more than 12 months with support from Oxford University and Harper Adams. His comments from the visit are in the audio below:
Tweets from the visit are below.
A great day in Shropshire - fascinating to meet the inspirational Tim Ashton on his farm - Soulton Hall - with my good friend @OwenPaterson https://t.co/ew31VdKiVm
— Michael Gove (@michaelgove) October 27, 2017
Env Sec @michaelgove saw how environmentally friendly farming can reduce soil erosion & preserve nutrients at a 'no-till' farm this morning pic.twitter.com/ZeFMx1PEhi
— Defra UK (@DefraGovUK) October 27, 2017
Environment minister Michael #Gove visits #shropshire to see no till farmer methods at Soulton Hall #wem pic.twitter.com/uYVqcn61Kz
— SueAustin_Star (@SueAustin_Star) October 27, 2017
@michaelgove was @SoultonHall #wem #shropshire today. read what he had to say in @ShropshireStar https://t.co/DW21NYdia9
— SueAustin_Star (@SueAustin_Star) October 27, 2017
