Horner Farm

11/10/2026

Our Autumn Feast menu is all set and we still have a few feast tickets available for this Saturday the 17th of October.

Come and enjoy an evening in the barn here on the farm sampling produce grown directly on the farm or by our wonderful fellow local producers.

Tickets available from - https://www.horner-farm.co.uk/store/p17/Autumn_Feast.html

10/10/2026

We brought our 8 cattle home from the River restoration site at the end of September as our grazing licence ended for the season.

It's been a real learning experience for us but ultimately it was definitely about learning from the cattle and allowing their behaviour to lead the grazing rather than trying to control them with the collars.

It of course was a tricky summer with no rain which impacted how they grazed with little grazing in the meadows they spent their time utilising the shade of the alder trees and river for grazing.

They have come back looking very healthy and with great fat cover.

05/10/2026

Join us for our Autumn Feast on the 17th of October

We have a few tickets left for our annual autumn feast celebrating produce from the Autumn Season.

Tickets available via our website - https://www.horner-farm.co.uk/store/p17/Autumn_Feast.html

01/10/2026

Working with for this academic year we are changing how we offer our education sessions.

Inspired by the example of Barnham C of E Primary School, where the school and farm have built a real partnership that has shown brilliant outcomes.

For the next academic year we are only working with three schools - 5 classes will visit 5 times over the academic year. With each visit linking directly with their topics in school to bring their learning to life on the farm, applying learning from the classroom to the outdoor environment.
This means the visit goes beyond a nice trip out but one where the children build confidence and knowledge in their local environment while grounding their learning in real world examples.

But the real challenge that is facing us is transport costs - the schools are on board, we have funding for the sessions but the barrier is the cost of transport.

We want to say a massive thank you to who have supported the project, which without their support the Autumn and Winter sessions wouldn't have been able to go ahead.

We are still seeking funding for transport for the Spring sessions so if anyone has an links to grants to increase access to farms please let us know 🙏

But the biggest thank you to the three schools Minehead First School, St Dubricius and Timberscombe we are so excited to be working with you.

29/08/2026

We were really surprised when lots of people said they had seen us on countryfile recently. It turns out they replayed part of the episode in which we featured.

So here we are fresher faced in 2020, with little Moss age 1 and Fergus age 3 who at the time was recovering from a broken leg so had to be carried everywhere, of course he was his usual confident self at 3 years old.

And it featured not only our farm but the absolutely great women in farming group.

You can find our section at 20 minutes on the programme link

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0030gf7/countryfile-adams-young-farmers-cumbria?seriesId=unsliced&page=1

25/08/2026

See if you can spot Mini farmer Fergus on BBC newsround this morning.

Children have been sharing how the drought has been affecting farms this summer.

Although Ferg is keen to share his whole video he did!

From fewer pumpkins to less grain, children have been telling Newsround how the drought has affected the farms they live on.

24/08/2026

Our Hogget and Mutton is available from tomorrow 🎉

21/08/2026

Don't forget to come down tomorrow for our Producers Market - we have got fresh beef back from the butcher and frozen lamb available plus lots of other great producers joining us.

15/08/2026

This Summer -

We have been warned continually that we will continue to get unpredictable weather patterns, increased risk of drought, increased risk of wildfires and of course new virus's such as blue tongue in our livestock as conditions change.
The results of this summer are not only costly but the stress and anxiety element has been huge as farmers.

Despite how tough it currently is and there have been many moments where we question if it is worth it, we have to try to continue to motivate ourselves to keep making changes on the farm, there has always been a plan and despite how hard and challenging it is right now, we keep thinking about the future plans to give us some positivity, to overcome each challenge.

For us that continues to be building resilience to these unpredictable changes by -

Storing moisture in our soil by building organic matter and overall soil health
Trees to provide shade and shelter for animals and soil which in turn helps grow grass better.
Recognising that we can't take the seasons for granted anymore, we have to plan for the unknown, its not as simple as four seasons anymore.
Being adaptive with our grazing - animal welfare always comes first and protecting our pasture for future growth.
Slowing the flow measures on the farm to help keep water here.
And in the case of this summer valuing vaccinations for our animals
Planning that hay may need to be fed in the Summer not just the Winter.

Although if it could rain the animals and us would be extremely grateful!

14/08/2026

We've got some exciting news to share with you next week and its all about our produce from the farm

As you know we believe that working collaboratively is the way forward for getting great produce to our local community, currently you can buy from us directly, at our producers markets and from Ruxstons in Wellington but wouldn't it also be great if a shop in Minehead might also stock some of our produce?!

Keep an eye out for our exciting collaboration announcement.

Don't forget our next Producers Market is the 22nd of August - come and get your essentials with fresh beef in stock and lamb boxes available plus vegetables, cakes, bread, Jam, honey and all things bees.