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The Askerton Castle Estate near Brampton has been farming re-generatively for the past few years. Re-generative farming is a conservation-based approach to farming, which normally focuses on restoring the land that has been degraded by agricultural processes. The most noticeable thing is the birds. There are so many more birds now, which is brilliant said Clara Kellock of the Askerton Castle Estate. We re starting to see more hares and the deer are coming through. We ve also got evidence of otters in the river again. The organic farm s cattle and sheep are pasture for life - which means they are only fed on grass, or silage that was cut the year before for the the winter.