Donald Macaulay
Donald Macaulay farms with his brother Stuart at Beckingham Hall, Hardy’s Green near Colchester. In 1986, after completing their agricultural studies at nearby Writtle University College, they established I J Macaulay & Sons. They now farm 820 acres, 90 of which they
own, 200 which is on an FBT, together with land their grandfather took on in 1933 when he became a tenant of the adjacent Birch Estate.
“Direct strip seeding has delivered numerous benefits.