Growing Christmas trees is a key element to West Yorkshire arable farm

For most people their thoughts only turn to Christmas trees in the run up to the festive season but for the Noble family they are a year-round occupation

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 Growing Christmas trees is a key element to West Yorkshire arable farm

The months of November and December are of course peak times for Martin Noble and the team at Woolley Edge Christmas Tree Farm, near Wakefield, which means it fits in well with their arable farming enterprise,...

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