Duncan Blyth

Albanwise Farming, Barton Bendish, Norfolk

  • Farm size: 2,650ha
  • Annual rainfall: 660mm 
  • Soil type: Mix of light chalk and heavier loams 

Duncan Blyth manages the farm at Barton Bendish, one of Albanwise Farming’s two large-scale sites in Norfolk.

Soils are at the heart of the company’s strategy to achieve net zero by 2030, with livestock and cover cropping introduced to help improve carbon levels.

Natural capital is being managed through a new, separate division called Albanwise Environment, which aims to maximise the potential of the estate’s environmental features.

Transition goals: 

  • Improve soil heath
  • Develop natural capital revenues
  • Achieve carbon net zero by 2030
 

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On paper, collecting rainwater would seem to make sense – water is essential for farming, can be scarce as last summer highlighted, and there’s a cost attached to taking it…

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How agroforestry venture adds value to natural capital

Line after line of newly planted trees stretch across a 13ha field on the outskirts of the village of Barton Bendish in west Norfolk. The trees are part of an…

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Soil health and natural capital spearhead arable transition

Maintaining productivity while hitting ambitious carbon and environmental targets is focusing minds at Transition Farmers, Barton Bendish of Albanwise Farming. Farm manager Duncan Blyth says no one silver bullet will…

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