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The concept of Natural Capital is to be a key part of UK Agriculture’s evolution, presenting farms with an opportunity to make change now. Unless you’ve been isolating under a rock of late, you will have heard the agricultural industry discussing the period of immense change the sector is set to undertake. A key aspect of the discussion surrounding UK agriculture's evolution is natural capital, the value attributed to our natural assets - our soils, trees, water, and ecosystems.

Agricultural businesses in the UK face many challenges, however, some of the most pressing are being exacerbated by changes in subsidy and market volatility. Having the best advisory team on hand to help, and being equipped with the best tools to assist in the process, has never been more important.

At Figured, we’ve been working alongside arable farmers and their advisers for some time now, and in that time we’ve seen the same challenging processes year after year. Recognising this, we set about building a new cropping experience that would allow the whole farming team to collaborate and contribute to both Figured and Xero, and tie all the information together in one easy to understand tool.

We recently sat down for a chat with Lincolnshire farmer, David Dunn, to discuss how he and his family completely changed their family farm from a traditional dairy operation to a diverse farming business - now running a Stabiliser suckler herd, a B&B pig unit, a full nine-stable livery, and third party operation of an an AD plant.

We interviewed Matthew Gorton, Deputy Director of NICRE, in early November 2020 to hear about the newly formed project and what it means for rural areas. For more information see the NICRE website.

Jaci and Tristan are born and bred farmers running Hatton Farm, an Organic grass-based Dairy farm in Shropshire, and Proper Good Dairy - supplying their proper good 100% organic pasteurised milk to local communities through vending machines and outlets. We sat down for a quick chat about their diversification through Proper Good Dairy, the importance of planning for the business and how Figured and Xero help their operation.

In this period of constant uncertainty in which we now operate it has never been more important to have real time optics on the current and future viability of our Farming businesses. The exceptional harvest year has been tough for many, with wild swings in yields across the country. This is in addition to the underlying uncertainty around the trade agreement with Europe, food standard debates around the US trade negotiation, uncertainty around the eventual shape of the subsidy replacementfalse

Oscar van Der Spruit is one of Figured UK’s early users, and as well as running his own business, he also works alongside his son running a Dairy farm in the west of Scotland. We recently sat down for a chat with Oscar to discuss Covid-19's impact on agriculture, the importance of planning, and agritech adoption.

Will is a leading Welsh farmer who runs Natural Wagyu alongside his dairy operation in Pembrokeshire. We recently sat down for a chat with him about how the current social-economic climate due to the pandemic is affecting his operations and the agricultural industry.