In this issue


CAAV secretary Jeremy Moody explains how we now need to spend wisely and well for the coming decades as he introduces our end-of-year construction feature. Staxson Mechanical and Electrical Services: With energy costs continuing to make up a large part of any farm business’s overheads, being able to monitor and use it efficiently is increasingly important. Charles Palmer Vineyards: Charles Palmer and his family moved to Winchelsea in 1998, taking on the lease of the 750-acre estate from the National Trust. At that time it was a mixed farming enterprise incorporating arable, beef and sheep. Nigel Akehurst visits... Hiltonbury Jerseys, to meet tenant dairy farmer Oliver Neagle. Over two decades, he and his family have transformed their business from a precarious tenant operation into a thriving, diversified enterprise.