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Monitor farms

HGCA Monitor Farms bring together groups of like-minded farmers, who wish to develop or expand their enterprises, in an environment which encourages them to share critical performance information. This information is discussed and evaluated by the group, encouraging and facilitating business improvement through the adoption of new technology and practices.

The vehicle for this is a working farm supported by a Steering Group and facilitator, and the group of local farmers, who form themselves into an Arable Business Group that is linked to the monitor farm and who benchmark the performances of their businesses.

What distinguishes HGCA Monitor Farms is that they are ‘owned and operated’ by the group of local farmers – for farmers, by farmers. This results in issues and solutions being relevant to, and delivered in a format understood by the local farmers.

Monitor farms draw on local expertise, planning and community collaboration to improve farm production and make a big difference to farm profits. Success on a single farm provides nearby farmers with a wealth of practical and proven information to take home and use in their own enterprises.

The eight new Monitor Farms launching this autumn are: