Overview
- He told the Talking Farming podcast he would keep farming and run Cotswold Farm Park, which welcomes more than 70,000 visitors a year, if his TV work stops.
- He said the farm’s tenancy has roughly 12 years remaining and he and his wife plan to move to a nearby bungalow and keep a small flock when it ends.
- He explained that neither of his children plan to take over the business, as they have careers in Perth and Leeds outside farming.
- In a new Countryfile segment, he described steep rises in fuel and fertiliser costs that make it hard to plan the arable side of the farm.
- He said the team is cutting inputs and trialling mixed cropping to boost soil nitrogen so they can use less fertiliser next year.