Farming

Farming has been a core business here for over 350 years
Half our farmland is for crops, half for animals
Our beef is high quality and is bought for fine labels
Although not technically organic, we farm as organically as we can
We participate in environmental stewardship schemes
We use the farm for education and community engagement

Farming

Farming has been a core Elvetham business for the entire 350 year Calthorpe tenure and, no doubt, for a considerable time before that as well. Half our acreage produces wheat, barley and oilseed rape. The remainder is permanent pasture grazed by our suckler herd of Limousin cattle. We produce high quality beef, the majority of which is ultimately headed for high quality label foods.

We balance our commercial farming strategy with a conservation agenda. We were a registered organic farm until 2011 and today, although we are no longer technically organic, much of our farming remains organic in practice. We participate up to the Higher Level of Natural England's environmental schemes. Follow these links to learn more about either our Wildlife Stewardship or Environmental Policy .

For us, efficient use of resources and conservation is a style of management. As such, when undertaking contract work at local farms, we continue to help and encourage good farming practice amongst our clients.

If you have a farming enquiry please contact our
management team.

Click here to email or phone on 01252 845607

We support a suckler Limousin herd that produces high quality beef. The majority of it is sold as prime label food to be used by the leading store groups under their own brands.

In a dairy herd the cow would give birth to a calf and her milk used for milk production, the calf being fed by other means. In a suckler herd, the calf is kept with the mother and fed on her milk for the first 7/8 months of the calf's life. This gives the calf an excellent start to life and produces a higher quality animal for beef.