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Bourton Manor Farm. How big is it? What type of farming? What is the end result?. Bourton Manor Farm. START. FINISH. How long?. START. 5 kilometres. FINISH. How wide?. 1 kilometre. START. FINISH. 100 metres. 100 metres. How do we measure land area?. Hectare. Football
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Bourton Manor Farm • How big is it? • What type of farming? • What is the end result?
Bourton Manor Farm START FINISH
How long? START 5 kilometres FINISH
How wide? 1 kilometre START FINISH
100 metres 100 metres How do we measure land area? Hectare
Football Pitch 60 90 metres What does that mean? 100 metres 100 metres Hectare
Size of the farm 926 football pitches 496 hectares
Type of farming • Beef • Arable
Arable: 393h / 79% Grass: 75h / 15% Other: 28h / 5% How the land is used
Arable: How the land is used • Wheat • Barley • Oats • Oilseed Rape • Beans • Fallow
Grass: How the land is used • Hay • Grazing • Conservation
How the land is used Other: • Conservation • Public paths • Buildings
What we get from crops Wheat
What we get from crops Oats
What we get from crops Oilseed Rape (Canola)
Assurance through standards and inspection of: • Growing and harvesting • Hygiene • Best practice to protect air, soil and water
What we get from cattle
What we get from cattle
Waste not want not
Assurance through standards and inspection of: • Welfare • Looking after the countryside • Approved abattoir
Bourton Manor Farm • How big is it • What type of farming • What is the end result • Any questions? • 926 football pitches • Arable and beef cattle • Food and products