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Last week we attended the SDFGs autumn meeting!   We started with a great presentation from Cathy, our catchment officer on nitrate levels in Portsmouth Water's drinking water supply. She shared trend graphs and real data, explaining future projections and how we can work together to reduce levels. Next, Stephen Woodley updated us on the urea trials. Results are so far inconclusive, so we're planning new trials. If you are willing to host these trials on your farm we would lo

A couple weeks ago, Sophie and myself from the catchment team went to HedgeFest2025, hosted at Windmill Farm by the South Downs National Park. It was a beautiful day to be out and about with clear blue skies, thankfully Storm Benjamin decided to miss our part of England! The event was a great opportunity to learn more about the biodiversity and water quality benefits that come from having hedges on farms such as: Reduced pesticide usage as hedges attract birds and insects tha

We've created a new version of our farmers advice page that has a lot more resources and up to date information on how farmers can help...

It’s estimated that over 200 million plastic tree guards were used across the UK between 1980-2020 and many of these will be left to...