Farming revolution crops up in Suffolk

“There’s no point complaining about farming’s future if you turned down the chance to shape it,” said James Black over the background babble of Guns and beaters and roar of the tractor that towed our trailer to the first drive. James is the managing director of David Black & Son Ltd, a large family farming enterprise.

Members of the Black clan have been working this bit of Suffolk since 1898 and they have always been innovators. “You may not realise this, but we are on the cusp of a revolution,” James continued.

I was all too aware and I knew that James is one of the more unlikely revolutionaries. Aside from some existing mid-tier stewardship blocks, the Blacks, once famed as highly intensive farmers, have placed a significant part