Year 11! Case study: Home Farm

Changes affecting farming systems in the EU

Case study: Home farm in Birmingham
FACTS

• Mr Redfern owns Home Farm where he farms 300 sheep and a herd of young bulls. He also farms some crops including wheat and Barley.

REASONS FOR DIVERSIFYING

• Subsidies from the government have been decreased leading to a decrease income of 40,000 pounds between 1998 and 1999.


• He was only getting 8p per litre of milk produced so his dairy became disused.

HOW DID HE DIVERSIFY?

Used some fields for pony grazing (charged 30 pound a month)

Due to proximity to the airport, he allowed cars to park in one of his field and charged for this for 3 pound a day.

He changed one of his outbuildings in to Bed and Breakfast accomodation with 8 rooms. This is good as he is near the airport and the National exhibition centre.

He stored caravans in one of his fields also (upto 20 at 250 pounds per year)

Check it out, Nigel Redfern is totally a real person and here is the link to their bed and breakfast website. I want to go there and visit - anyone up for a field trip?

http://www.thebarns-homefarm.co.uk/