Returning to the family farm: A regenerative arable shift in Bedfordshire

At different points in their careers, two brothers are combining on-farm trials, practical management and Government schemes to reshape their farming system

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Returning to the family farm: A regenerative arable shift in Bedfordshire

Brothers Charles and Simon Paynter (Left to right) After two decades of running a successful automated gate business, Simon Paynter returned to his roots and began managing his 210-hectare family farm...

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