Multiple enterprises help spread risk on Cumbrian tenant farm

Ross and Elaine Pattinson worked hard to secure a tenancy of their own and have endeavoured to make their business as robust as possible for the family’s future. Howard Walsh finds out more

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Ross and Elaine Pattinson have been tenants on the 227-hectare (560-acre) all-grass Temon Farm, in Brampton, Cumbria since 2011
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Ross and Elaine Pattinson have been tenants on the 227-hectare (560-acre) all-grass Temon Farm, in Brampton, Cumbria since 2011

From small beginnings, Ross and Elaine eventually achieved their ambition, and now run the 227ha (560 acre) all-grass Temon Farm on the side of the busy A69 east of Carlisle, and with a supportive private...

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