Profitability improves with shift to regenerative system

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Image: Left to right: Hazel and Mike Timmis, their grandson Chester, and Dan and Melissa Roberts.
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Image: Left to right: Hazel and Mike Timmis, their grandson Chester, and Dan and Melissa Roberts.

The motivation for the move to regenerative farming was both altruistic and financial on one Shropshire family farm - Wendy Short finds out more

Moor Farm's journey down the regenerative route began in 2018. Since then, the pedigree Herefords have moved to a herbal ley-based grazing and silage system, while energy is generated via a solar park...

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