Dairy neighbours to arable business partners

Based in the Somerset village of Stratton on the Fosse, two neighbouring families have created a joint farming arable partnership, after giving up dairy farming in 2000

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Dairy neighbours to arable business partners

Two farming families that started as local competitors on two 120-hectare, Duchy of Cornwall tenanted farms, collectively turned their focus to arable farming after each giving up dairy between 2001 and...

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