Martin Kennedy
2025
I am a beef and sheep hill farmer from Highland Perthshire. The family Farm sits at 820 feet and rises to over 2,500 feet. I farm here with my wife Jane and daughter Katrina. We have 680 breeding ewes split between continental, cheviot and blackface and 65 suckler cows split between continental and highland. The stock graze the farm according to their capabilities. For the past 12 years we have direct drilled all our forage crop which has made a huge difference to the farm in so many ways.
My Sessions
Is it regen or just good old fashioned farming?
Nikki Yoxall
Martin Kennedy
Clare Hill
Dylan Jones
Debates relating to regen ag often focus on definitions, what exactly is regen ag, and is it new? In this session, we will examine what regen ag is, how it differs from or replicates “good old-fashioned farming” and whether that really matters. Bringing together the ex NFU Scotland president, an award winning grassland farmer and […]