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Why is the RSPB interested in farming? Farmland is crucial for many of our countryside birds.

Nowadays, farmland is a much more challenging place for farmers and wildlife than it used to be.

Numbers of once-common farmland birds, such as skylarks and yellowhammers, have fallen in recent decades. 

To help find ways for modern farming methods and wildlife to co-exist, the RSPB decided to buy an arable farm. Here, we can find realistic solutions for both. 

Our aim is to develop and trial farming techniques that can produce food cost-effectively and benefit wildlife. Click on the links to read more.

Last modified: 21 July 2005

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Hope Farm five year update. Part One (1.0Mb)
Update after five years at Hope Farm. Part one of three.
Hope Farm five year update. Part three (428Kb)
Update after five years at Hope Farm. Part three of three.
Hope Farm five year update. Part two (316Kb)
Update after five years at Hope Farm. Part two of three.
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Helping farmers to help wildlife.