Putting nature-friendly farming into practice on arable farm in Cambridgeshire

High input prices constantly put pressure on growers, so creating a system which relies on little to no inputs might seem attractive, but how does it work in practice?

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Putting nature-friendly farming into practice on arable farm in Cambridgeshire

Sustainability should make sense for both the environment and business finances, and this is something that arable farmer Martin Lines tried to achieve. Mr Lines farms 165 hectares on his family farm,...

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