Livestock the foundation for healthy arable soils at the home of BASE-UK

Soil health has long been the focus for the Goodwin family. But it was the expansion of the livestock enterprise that was the ‘missing link’ in getting their arable land back to health.

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Livestock the foundation for healthy arable soils at the home of BASE-UK

As founding members of the regenerative farming group, BASE-UK, soil health has long been the focus for the Goodwin family. But it was the expansion of the livestock enterprise that was the ‘missing link’...

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