Agri-environment schemes and new rural
policy are upon us! Past uncertainty is rapidly turning into a
positive way forward for farmers and landowners. The implications
of the Single Farm Payment and the need to meet environmental
objectives, at all stops along the way, should not be seen as a problem.
Farm Policy Change
- Is your strategy likely to
change as a result of CAP reform?
Consider the many strategic, attractive and rewarding planting
options now available.
- Will poorer arable ground
become uneconomic to crop? Will livestock management systems
and land use change?
Establish multipurpose farm forestry, woodland and shelterbelts.
- Are your Rural and Countryside
Stewardship Schemes including the planting of hedging and trees?
We can supply trees and materials for you to plant yourself, or we
can provide a full contracting service if required.
Conservation and
habitat enhancement
- Can you improve the natural
biodiversity on your land and work with
nature to create a better environment?
Plant to encourage game and improve wildlife habitat.
- Will ponds and watercourses be
fenced off from livestock, banks be planted to stabilise erosion
and create habitats for wildlife, fish, small mammals, birds and
insects?
Tasteful and attractive planting can easily be designed.
Shelter and
screening
- Do new or renovated farm
buildings, perhaps for business diversification
 opportunities,
require shelter and screening?
Plant to landscape them, reduce wind chill and save
heating bills!
- Do urban fringes need
shelterbelts, or barriers against vandals and intrustion?
Plant vigorous growing thorny species alongside fast growing
trees.
EC Water framework
directive & NVZ issues
- With ever tightening water
regulation, do your outflows meet current water
quality standards?
Do you produce:-
- livestock slurry, silty discharge or septic outfalls?
- farm steading run off, often including traces of diesel,
chemical and fertiliser spillage?
Intercept drain outfalls and reduce diffuse pollution;
prevent phosphates and nitrates from entering watercourses
directly; construct settling ponds to trap silts, and reedbeds to
allow natural flora and fauna to breakdown nutrients, contaminants
and pollutants.
Make a feature out of an
issue! - contact Cheviot Trees!
"Ye aye be aye
sticking in a tree, and it will be growing while ye're sleeping!" |
