Hope Valley Farmers

11/04/2025

Congratulations to Hope Valley Farmers founding member Geoff Eyre on winning this prestigious award at The Schöffel Countryside Awards. Well done Geoff!

A proud moment in the capital this evening at The Schöffel Countryside Awards evening!🏆🦌🇬🇧

09/11/2025

What a fantastic day we had. A big thank you to all our exhibitors and speakers. And to all of you who came and supported this great event.And of course a massive thank you to William Eyre and Sons who hosted half the event and the team at The Travellers Rest who looked after us so well.... 😀 👏👏🌄

09/10/2025

Farm tech demo day happening now!

09/10/2025

We're on! Farm Tech Demo Day has started! Come and see us to see a farm drone in action, to get your FREE faecal egg count done and to meet many more exciting companies offering high tech solutions to your farming challenges....

09/08/2025

Don't forget our Farm Tech Demo Day on Wednesday!

The latest on-farm technology to help farmers become more efficient and environmentally sustainable will be showcased at two venues in the Hope Valley on September 10.

09/05/2025

Don't miss our FARM TECHNOLOGY EVENT on Wednesday 10th September.
- Two venues - The Travellers Rest and William Eyre and Sons
- Live demonstrations - Altavist Farm Drones will be demonstrating their Farm Drone from the field next to the Travellers Rest plus Artificial Intelligence driven faecal egg counts by Micron Agritech and FECPAK
- Other exhibitors include NoFence virtual fencing collars, Datamars EID and animal health data recording, Regenerate Outcomes soil health monitoring plus much much more

No need to book - just drop in from 10.30am until 1pm and 1.30pm until 4pm
See you there!

08/13/2024

Hope Valley Farmers did something a bit different last night... a bat walk! The weather was perfect - warm, still and a little humid so great for insects and for the bats which hunt for them....
Ann and Rob Hanson of the North Yorkshire Bat Group led the talk and walk for us and they were fascinating, giving us an insight into the life cycle of these incredible mammals.
We then set off on a night walk, bat detectors in hand, to find pipistrelles, pipistrelle sopranos and noctule bats under trees and near the River Noe. Then an exciting surprise to round off the evening when Rob and Ann identified a maternal roost of brown long eared bats in one of the barns back at the farm.
Bats are not always the most popular of our protected species but our farmer members admitted they had a new respect for these beautiful creatures after seeing and hearing them.

07/30/2024

We have been talking a lot about moorland recently. We had a great turn out at our Moorland Assessment workshop held on the fabulous Abney Moor last week. A group of Hope Valley Farmers discussed the methodology to enable them to sign up to the Sustainable Farming Incentive Moorland Assessment Action.
Last night a group of Peakland Environmental Farmers, hosted by the Wentworth Estate, gathered on Strines Moor to discuss moorland restoration and management techniques with the moorland legend that is Geoff Eyre.
Plenty of challenges to talk about but lots of great ideas and experience to be shared.

06/18/2024

Hope Valley Farmers enjoyed a rare glorious sunny evening strolling through stunning hay meadows at Riley House Farm. Discussing this important but sadly declining habitat, members learnt how to identify grasses and wildflowers. Pen Rashbass of Pasture for Life gave us an insight into the value of pasture fed livestock both nutritionally but also the environmental benefits, of which there are many.

04/19/2024

We had an early start with Radio Sheffield this morning talking about the wader survey which we do each year on 39 farms across the Hope Valley and Bradfield Farmers areas.
We explained the purpose and benefits of the survey to Katie Galbraith of Radio Sheffield and highlighted the great work farmers and keepers are doing to encourage and protect wading bird species.
Over 40 volunteer surveyors carry out three surveys each on every farm to record curlews, lapwings, snipe and oystercatcher. Our partners, the RSPB, produce detailed reports and maps from the survey data including a full species list.
Last year, 59 different species were recorded on one farm in Bradfield, and a total of 92 species were recorded across all farms.
Thanks to the Hunt family for hosting us, to volunteer Steve for sharing his exceptional knowledge of waders and other bird species and to Jimmy the keeper for stopping by and giving an impromptu interview explaining his role in conserving wildlife.

03/22/2024

A great opportunity for someone with the right skills and experience. Peakland Environmental Farmers is looking for a local coordinator to develop the group, secure funding and project manage a range of exciting initiatives. More information can be found via the link below....

03/14/2024

Over the next few weeks and months we will be showcasing the wonderful food produced by Hope Valley Farmers members . In every case, the farms will be carrying out important environmental work to enhance the landscape of the Hope Valley and provide valuable wildlife habitat.
First up is free range pork from High Lees Farm. The May family have carried out a range of environmental projects on their farm including hedge creation, tree planting and managing grassland by extensive grazing without the addition of inorganic fertiliser.
The family only raise a small number of pigs very extensively at any one time so the meat will sell out very quickly! Contact Kate for more details and to place your order. Details on the flyer below.