About Boycott Farm

Boycott Farm was initially a dairy farm, with a herd of pedigree Holstein Friesians. Unfortunately in 2002, this became unviable and we have since diversified.

In 2001, we established a free-range poultry unit of 6,000 hens and in late 2003 we built a livery yard, which can accommodate 20 horses. These stables are accompanied by dedicated paddocks and a floodlit menage.

We also reared cattle for other farmers, but found this was not as satisfying as rearing and breeding our own livestock. Therefore, in Spring 2005, we started our own Suckler herd of cows and have built this up to forty Aberdeen Angus cows, who are all served by one lucky Aberdeen Angus Bull.

Later in 2005 as our output grew, we purchased some Gloucester Old Spot pigs, who have now moved into a brand new purpose-built pad, where they're having a squeal-ly good time.

We still grow wheat for seed and some oats for cattle feed. The straw is then used for the livery yard and the animals. Grass is grown for silage and maize silage is used for our Cattle in the Winter and to make hay.

Although we are not an organic farm, the grassland where the cattle graze is farmed extensively with no fertilizer or sprays.

The land is farmed with care for the wildlife and environment, and with this in mind we entered into a Countryside Stewardship Scheme. Hedges have been coppiced and trees and hedges replaced, in addition to six-metre strips left around the edge of the field to encourage wildlife. The wild bird population has also increased, with an greater number of Kestrel and Skylark sightings.