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Regen special: Diversification into livestock benefits West Yorkshire mixed farm

Alastair Trickett is transitioning his tenanted West Yorkshire arable unit to mixed enterprise farming, with sheep and beef grazing in rotation with the crops

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Alastair Trickett wrote a Nuffield scholarship report on regenerative farming.
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Alastair Trickett wrote a Nuffield scholarship report on regenerative farming.

The changes at Fortshot Farm, near Leeds, are being implemented to better manage business risk and financial resilience in response to the effects of climate change and volatile commodity markets, says...

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