‘It’s very challenging’: how the Duke of Westminster’s farm is taking on the climate crisis

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The Duke of Westminster's Grosvenor estate dairy farm near Chester is adopting circular farming techniques and biomethane to address challenges from heatwaves and fertilizer shortages amid the global climate crisis. This reflects broader environmental and agricultural shifts in response to climate pressures in the UK.

Amid world pressure from heatwaves and fertiliser shortages, billionaire’s business has invested in circular farming and biomethane There is a distinctive smell of cow manure in the air at the Duke of Westminster’s dairy farm near Chester. It is a world away from the collection of grand West End properties controlled by the duke that form the backbone of his near £10bn fortune, a decade on from becoming Britain’s youngest billionaire. As part of his 349-year-old Grosvenor empire, Lea Manor Farm on the duke’s Eaton Estate in north-west England has fared better than most dairy farms in recent years. Continue reading...