Farm Wildlife Walk Dumfries – Torr Organic Dairy

Join us at Torr, a family-run organic dairy farm on the Solway Coast, for an afternoon with Callum and Lee Paton looking at how organic management and wildlife work together in practice — and what it means for the bottom line.

Torr holds a broad range of semi-natural habitats for a working dairy farm, alongside a long track record of Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) delivery and further work planned.

Why attend

See how organic management and scheme delivery can support your business as well as your wildlife:

• Reduce input costs – build fertility without bought-in nitrogen
• Diversify income – AECS payments for habitat and management options
• Access market premiums – the practical realities of organic dairy
• Make unproductive ground pay – bring marginal corners into scheme options
• Cut time & labour – simplified systems and fewer passes
• Meet buyer & policy expectations – ahead of tightening supply-chain requirements

What you’ll learn

Callum and Lee will walk us through the habitats they manage and the decisions behind them:

• Managing a dairy herd organically — fertility, forage and herd health
• Unimproved grassland and how it fits the grazing rotation
• Scrub, woodland and hedgerow management
• Saltmarsh grazing on the Solway
• Watercourse and riparian margins
• Which AECS options have worked, which haven’t, and why
• The practical realities of application, delivery and inspection

Come along to see proven, practical measures you can apply on your own farm.

Essential information for attendees

This event involves walking and standing on uneven ground for a large portion of the time. Suitable footwear and outerwear are advised. Please let us know at the time of booking if you have any accessibility concerns.

Refreshments provided.

Booking is essential for catering purposes. If you book and realise you can no longer attend, please let us know as soon as possible.

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