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Oxford Real Farming Conference: How large arable businesses have facilitated nature-friendly farming

The Oxford Real Farming Conference took a deep dive into real-time biological and regenerative practices, and how they can be facilitated at a commercial scale

Ashleigh Ellwood
Head of Arable
clock • 6 min read
Oxford Real Farming Conference: How large arable businesses have facilitated nature-friendly farming

Farming just north of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands, Tim Parton has farmed biologically for 14 years on his 300-hectare arable farm. During the transition, Mr Parton removed all use of fungicides,...

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