“I wanted resilience everywhere in the business, whether that was financially or environmentally.

“I thought that if there was a slightly different way to do it and I could still make money and be more resilient and not damage the environment, then that was worth exploring.

"We're more resilient to the price changes and the weather extremes. We've reduced nearly all the variable costs, without over sacrificing yield.

“It’s made me feel really excited about the future, because there’s so much more to learn and we’ve only just begun to scratch the surface.”

“On any family farm, one of the biggest challenges to making change can be around communicating with everyone else.

“In the last few years I’ve really tried to change my thinking, but more importantly engage with my family to bring them along as well.

“What I’m hoping is that working with Regenerate Outcomes leads to a better way of working within the family. It is a chance for us all to have much more focus on what we want to achieve.

“Regenerate Outcomes can help with that because you are working with outside consultants and it gives the transition some structure. It is also a project which involves a lot of farmers I already know and respect.

“Regenerative farming is a term that people use a lot now but that style of farming isn’t brand new by any means.

“It’s the way we’ve always farmed and our methods were probably just designed around what we wanted to do and we learned things along the way.

"I love the fact that what's good for the environment is good for our stock and is also good for our bank balance at the same time.

“If you look after one of them then you'll find the other two come as well.

”That's just brilliant. As soon as you know that, there's no turning back.”

‘To have a company coming in and paying upfront for all that mentoring and monitoring is a real benefit for a business like mine.’

"I’m really looking forward to continuing to work with the team. If we can work together to farm in a way which is better for me, my family, the environment and future generations then that’s going to have benefits for everybody.”