- Don Skelton
- Andrew Naish
- John Baker
- John Baker - Thoresby Trustee
- Tim Bradshaw
- Dave Smith
- Richard Limb
- Bill Hammond
- T Hammond & Sons win prize at Nottinghamshire Environmental Awards | Sun 8th August 2010
- Arnbrook Primary School visit T Hammond and Sons as part of The Morris... | Thu 22nd October 2009
- Priors Park Farm hosts Carrot Demo | Thu 1st October 2009
- Farmers urged to help birds. | Thu 19th February 2009
Thoresby Home Farm is a business covering 2600 ha in North Nottinghamshire and farms two very different soil types, one very light - the sand lands, and one very heavy - Keuper Marl. On the Keuper the crop rotation is very simple with wheat and Oilseed rape being produced. The sand however, is very different. Carrots, parsnips, brown onions, red onions and leeks are grown and marketed through Sherwood Produce. In addition, potatoes, sugar beet, cereals and grass are also grown. The main difference between the sand land and the Keuper is the need for irrigation water to promote crop yield and the quality produce our customers require. The farm has a sustainable rotation in order to be sympathetic to our surroundings for example carrots have at least an 8 year break between crops. All of the land farmed is in the Entry Level Scheme run by DEFRA. The full time workforce of 15 is also supplemented by up to 6 summer casual staff and together work hard to maintain the continuing high standards.
A perhaps unique part of the business is that they manage 300ha of woodland and heath land in conjunction with Natural England for the benefit of the environment and the bugs, birds and beasties which live there. To do this they have growing numbers of Longhorn cattle and Jacob sheep - both rare breeds. Part of the grazing is a project to return 45 ha of oak woodland to the woods they once were by very careful grazing management. The other main part of the environmental works at Thoresby is the management of the heathland. This also takes very careful management to preserve and enhance the very delicate eco-systems which exist on the heath.
Thoresby Home Farm likes to think of themselves as a forward looking and thinking, progressive, well invested farm business keen to take up new challenges whilst at the same time being sympathetic to their surroundings.
