Kuhn Merger allows mixed farming enterprise to put forage first

Crop quality is paramount for one Cumbrian farming and contracting business, Farmers Guardian takes a look at what machinery changes they have made in recent years to make the work flow better. 

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Kuhn Merger allows mixed farming enterprise to put forage first

Floshes Farms Ltd manages 6,470 hectares of multi-cut grassland each year with brothers Stuart and Melvin Nelson farming 311ha in partnership and contract to beef and dairy farms in Cumbria and the North...

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