From commodities to community – how one farmer transformed his arable system

Moving away from a commodity-based arable system, to one that feeds his local community has transformed not only Fred Price's farm profitability and soil health, but his outlook on farming

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From commodities to community – how one farmer transformed his arable system

After taking on Gothelney Farm from his aunt in 2007, Fred Price took the farm's performance from the bottom quartile to a top quartile arable farm in a short time. But despite this, debt still loomed...

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