top of page

Team Barnside

We are tenants on a 625 acre upland beef and sheep farm near Duns in the Scottish Borders. We run 800 wool shedding ewes and 90 Welsh Black beef cows on a low input, grass fed, organic farming system that is integrated with our commitment to rural stewardship. We have two children, Tom, 18 and Jessica, 15. We have 5 working dogs. We both have degrees in Agriculture from Harper Adams University College. We are the current Farmers Weekly Grassland Managers of the Year. We were Agriscot Scottish Sheep Farm of the Year 2017-18 and we won the Agriculture category in the 2017 Scottish Rural Awards and were highly commended in the conservation and environment category in 2018. We received a Future Farming Scotland award for promoting sustainable systems in agriculture in 2015 and we were runners up for Sheep Farmer of the Year in the 2012 Farmers Weekly Awards. We regularly host youth group, student and farmer visits. Charley is a 2007 Nuffield Scholar and 2008 ASDA Beeflink Scholar. His Nuffield report, “Easier managed sheep and beef cattle” received the award for the report considered to be of most use to UK farmers. He served a term on the Nuffield board of trustees, as chairman of the Scott Country Lamb marketing group and was a Community Councillor for ten years. Andrea has served on the Parent Council of both local schools including a term as chair and is secretary/treasurer of the local village hall.

Sheep.jpg

Sheep

Our sheep are easy-cares meaning they shed their own wool and lamb easily

Cows.jpg

Cattle

Our cattle are a hardy breed of Aberdeen Angus bulls over Welsh Black cows

Wet grass

Our Grazing System

Our system develops root growth and improves grass quality and carbon sequestion.

wildflowers.jpg

STEWARDSHIP

I’m a paragraph. Double click here or click Edit Text to add some text of your own or to change the font. Tell your visitors a bit about your services.

Contact

Email: andrea.charley@btinternet.com

Phone: 01361 840 237

Address: Barnside Farmhouse, Abbey Saint Bathans, Duns, TD11 3TX

bottom of page