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Beyond food production, farmers offer greater ‘public goods’ through their management of the land and environmental stewardship.

Natural capital can be defined as the Earth’s stock of natural resources and environmental assets that have a practical and social value for people.

Examples of natural capital at a farm level include: soil, water, air, wildlife (biodiversity), trees and carbon-capturing plants, moors and peatlands, historical features, and public access (footpaths and bridleways).

Farmers have always taken pride in their role in protecting the environment, but greater public awareness and government targets to reduce the impact on the planet has brought the issue into focus.

While natural capital benefits farmers on a private level, the concept of adding a monetary value to natural capital creates an opportunity for farmers to futureproof their businesses and be rewarded for their work in improving natural assets which have a wider benefit to society.

But to do this, you need a tool that can credibly analyse and demonstrate your impact by providing a natural capital audit and baseline.

Farmers are facing increasing pressure from government and private markets to protect the natural environment. With subsidies in decline, long-term business stability needs to be the focus.

Understanding your natural capital makes good business sense.

In the future, you can expect natural capital to appear on the balance sheet and be valued in the same way as traditional farm assets. Being able to put a true value on this, by credibly measuring the worth of your natural capital is essential for seizing opportunities and improving your bottom line.

We urge farmers not to wait for policy to catch up, and to get ahead of the curve by using Sandy to complete a natural capital audit to understand the full scale, value and options of the natural assets on your farm.

Looking at your farm though a natural capital lens opens new avenues for increasing profits, setting and meeting sustainability targets, making greater efficiencies and cost savings, and remaining compliant with regulations.

We believe farmers should be rewarded for their stewardship in protecting the land for future generations. Ultimately, natural capital is a solution for creating financial, social and environmental resilience for your farm business.

Sandy is an award-winning, new generation smart ‘natural capital navigator’.

It is smart farm software to help you credibly measure, manage and monetise your natural capital to support on-farm decision making for maximised sustainability and profit.

The future of farm profitability and business resilience goes beyond traditional crop and livestock productivity metrics.

Sandy is the only smart natural capital navigator that is completely independent, new generation, and created for farms and enterprises of all types and sizes.

Whatever your environmental and financial goals, Sandy provides a trusted, scientific solution to ensure your business remains viable in a changing landscape, without the need to diversify into non farming activities.

We know all farms are different, so why use a first-generation tool that sees all systems the same?

Farmers are embracing change, but until now they have been poorly served by first generation tools that do not credibly account for unique farming systems. Sandy corrects this.

Sandy's unique features:

•100% independent of outside interests, agribusinesses or investors

•Designed to be be used for farms of all types and sizes, with dedicated modules in carbon, biodiversity, water protection, agroforestry, grasslands, lowland and upland peat

•Make insightful decisions: Plan, test and optimise tailored farm management scenarios with our whole-farm predictive intelligence technology

•Uses the latest science and most robust analytics, including: 2019 IPCC Soil Carbon Guidelines, an ISO-accredited industry ‘super-standard’, independently verified and certified to ISO 14064, and compliant with PAS20250 and GHG protocol carbon standards

•Created by the sector’s largest, industry-leading, independent panel of scientific experts, including former developers of Agrecalc and Cool Farm Tool (meet our team)

•Results and analysis generated at the crop, field and farm level

•Integrates with third-party software such as Gatekeeper and MuddyBoots to reduce time and data entry

Request a free demo of Sandy by filling in the online form on this page.

Our Customer Success team will contact you within 24 hours.