{"id":3611,"date":"2015-09-25T15:36:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T15:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/?page_id=3611"},"modified":"2020-08-27T14:45:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T14:45:28","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/?page_id=3611","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--themify_builder_static--><\/p>\n<h1>About us<\/h1>\n<p>Agriculture is our core enterprise, with the farmed area comprising 2,348 hectares.<\/p>\n<p>Conventional arable rotation occupies 2,090 hectares with another 80 hectares devoted to an organic rotation. Permanent grassland and water meadows along the River Wissey account for the remainder.<\/p>\n<p>Our crops include traditional cereals such as wheat and barley, as well as oilseed rape and sugar beet. 600 hectares are rented to growers for potatoes, vining peas (Pinquin and Waitrose), carrots and onions.\u00a0 Some of the vegetables are grown under an organic regime. Our two lagoons harvest and store 150 million gallons of water for use on the estate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Tractor400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Tractor\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Tractor400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Tractor400x267-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/CowsInAField400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Cows In A Field\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/CowsInAField400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/CowsInAField400x267-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Grapes400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Grapes\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Grapes400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Grapes400x267-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/MealOpenFire400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Meal and Open Fire\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/MealOpenFire400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/MealOpenFire400x267-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The estate maintains a 200-plus suckler herd of Aberdeen Angus cross cows, which includes 30 head of pedigree Aberdeen Angus cows on a fully organic system.\u00a0 All Angus cross and Charolais cross youngstock are fattened and sold through AQM and Dovecote Park.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/LEADER-LOGO_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/LEADER-LOGO_.jpg 192w, https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/LEADER-LOGO_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/LEADER-LOGO_-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/EAFRD_transparent.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"120\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our farming policies are based around sustainability \u2013 maximising production to help meet current day demands, whilst not impairing the estate\u2019s ability to meet the demands and needs of future generations. Estate enterprises as a whole currently employ 22 people.<\/p>\n<p>Conservation is an integral part of our estate management plan. Field headlands have a six-metre grass strip between crop and hedgerow, while areas of land which are non-productive for crop purposes are planted with trees or a mix of grass and wild flower seed to encourage wildlife to prosper on the estate.<\/p>\n<p>We also subscribe to the Government\u2019s Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship Scheme and are committed to planting 2-3 kilometres of hedgerow each year.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/EUFLAG-e1567418979485.jpg\" alt=\"EUFLAG\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/southpickenham.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/EU-Publicity-Poster.pdf\">EU Publicity Poster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Irrigation Infrastructure Improvements<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b> \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>This Project supported the installation of electric irrigation pumps, and<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>underground irrigation mains. The aim of the project was to improve the<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>performance, efficiency and sustainability of the Estate\u2019s irrigation network.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>It is part funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Development<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--\/themify_builder_static--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About us Agriculture is our core enterprise, with the farmed area comprising 2,348 hectares. Conventional arable rotation occupies 2,090 hectares with another 80 hectares devoted to an organic rotation. Permanent grassland and water meadows along the River Wissey account for the remainder. 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