Stuart Johnson
2024
Stuart Johnson is a mixed farmer from Northumberland. He has beef cattle and sheep, and some arable. He has used compost teas to get his soils more functional. He has been trained by Understanding Ag, and it applies their 6-3-4 principles on to his family farm. The family farm has moved from a conventional managed mixed farm to one focussed on reducing inputs as much as possible while increasing margins. He was soil farmer of the year in 2023.
My Sessions
How to Feed the Good Wolf? Empowering Farmers to Think Positively
Liz Genever
Nicola Renison
Stuart Johnson
Tom Edmondson
Harry Hodgson
Carbon Calling CIC wants to empower farmers to realise their own potential, and to make changes on their farms to improve resilience and well-being. This session will bring together a range of livestock farmers who have made changes on their farms, and how it has impacted on the financial sustainability of their farm, the biodiversity […]
Understanding Ag Field Walk with 2023 Soil Farmer of the Year Stuart Johnson
Kyle Richardville of Understanding Ag and Soil Farmer of the Year Stuart Johnson will lead a field walk discussing Understanding Ag’s 6-3-4 framework for improving soil health and how it helped Stuart win Soil Farmer of the Year in 2023