Farming matters: Holly Story - "Buffer strips are not 'wasted' or 'lost' farmland"

Last year we fenced off a stream gully which runs through the middle of the farm

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Holly Story - Head of environment and sustainability at GSC Grays
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Holly Story - Head of environment and sustainability at GSC Grays

Last year we fenced off a stream gully which runs through the middle of the farm. For as long as I can remember, the banks of the stream had been eroded to bare soil by livestock clambering down to...

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