Environmental Respect Awards 2018: Environmental Crop Management and two other companies acknowledged as best in the world for sustainable agriculture and dedication to the environment.

Thanks to the sponsorship of Environmental Crop Management Ltd and Massey Feeds, along with support from The Cheshire Agricultural Society, 33 trainee teachers and their tutor from Edge Hill University took part in a unique accredited training day at the Royal Cheshire Show.

ECM Most Outstanding Academic Student Award goes to Tilly Herridge

Bill the dog passed away after 15 years and 20000 miles of field walking.

Many thanks to all our farmers for being his friend.

Meet the latest recruits to benefit from ECM’s ongoing ‘Help The Hedgehog’ campaign.

Hedgehogs have undergone a dramatic decline in recent years and we are proud to continue to help in increasing awareness of their plight, protecting and enhancing their natural habitats, encouraging greater appreciation and participation in all aspects of nature conservation.

Another great day for ECM

Thanks to everybody who joined us for lunch at The Cheshire Ploughing Match on 28 September – a fantastic day and it was great to see so many people there.

A personal message from Peter Clare, Managing Director of ECM, to the man who saved him from choking to death

“I was at the Grosvenor Arms in Alford and started to really choke. Couldn’t breathe or swallow for two minutes, then James Higginbotham appeared and gave me the Heimlich Manoeuvre (a procedure for dislodging an obstruction from a person’s wind pipe).

All well now. James, thank you so much – it’s great not to have choked to death!”

Pete

Peter presenting a thankyou bottle of Champagne to James at the offices of the Wheatsheaf Group, where he works

For the past three years ECM have been running a ‘Help the Hedgehog’ scheme designed to boost the numbers of animals living in the wild.

The last hedgehogs to be released back into the wild by Peter Clare before winter sets in

The scheme, which is on-going, addresses the problem of declining hedgehog numbers, which have dropped by over 25% in the past ten years. There is a real danger that hedgehogs could become extinct by 2050. Their decline is due to road kill, loss of hedgerows, loss of rough grassland margins and predation by badgers. Hedgehogs have moved into a more urban environment but this has an increased risk of road kill and problems associated with highly fenced and manicured gardens.

Hedgehogs live on a diet of worms, slugs, spiders and grubs which are most commonly found in hedgerows and rough grassland. ECM has helped farmers improve and increase these important habitats in the past 20 years and has detailed local knowledge of their location in the North West of England on our clients’ farms.

Record number of visitors to the ECM marquee

Thanks to everybody who joined us for lunch at The Cheshire Ploughing Match on 30 September – a glorious day and some terrific demonstrations. It was good to catch up with so many people.

Above: Barney, our entry for the Show’s ‘Best Scarecrow’ competition