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Holistic Planned Grazing
5-Day Training Course, Rickmansworth, 5-9 March 2018

In collaboration with Bailey Hill Farm.

This step-by-step approach renders even the most complicated grazing situation simple and produces the best possible plan. It allows you to manage livestock grazing so that animals stay healthy and productive whilst increasing biological capital. The step-by-step approach

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£450.00 £360.00

Foundations of Holistic Management
3-Day Training Course, 9-11 August 2018

In collaboration with Scheuerhof Farm, Wittlich, Germany.

Practice holistic management straight away by immersing yourself in the foundational insights.

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£450.00 £360.00

Foundations of Holistic Management
3-Day Training Course, 12-14 March 2018

In collaboration with Babbinswood Farm, near Oswestry in Shropshire.

Practice holistic management straight away by immersing yourself in the foundational insights.

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£330.00 £264.00

Foundations of Holistic Management
3-Day Training Course, 19-21 March 2018

In collaboration with Low Sizergh Barm, near Kendal.

Practice holistic management straight away by immersing yourself in the foundational insights.

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£240.00 £216.00
Editor Dr John Webster is Emeritus Professor in Animal Husbandry at the University of Bristol, UK. Amongst his many achievements, Professor Webster was...
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£230.00 £207.00
Editor Professor Theib Oweis is Director of the Water, Land and Ecosystems Program (WLEP) at the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry...
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£230.00 £207.00
Editor Bob Zimdahl is Professor Emeritus of Weed Science at Colorado State University, USA. He is a Fellow of the Weed Science Society of America, Western...
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£210.00 £189.00
Editor Dr Peter Langridge is Emeritus Professor of Plant Science at the University of Adelaide and former CEO of the Australian Centre for Plant Functional...
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£210.00 £189.00
Editors Professor Athole Marshall is Head of the internationally-renowned Public Good Planting Breeding Team at the Institute of Biological, Environmental...
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£210.00 £189.00
Editor Professor Ulrich Köpke is Director and Head of the Institute of Organic Agriculture at the University of Bonn, Germany. He was Founding President...
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£200.00 £180.00
Editor Professor Richard Oliver is John Curtin Distinguished Professor in the Centre for Crop Disease Management at Curtin University, Australia. Amongst...
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Editor Dr Don Reicosky is an Emeritus Soil Scientist, formerly at the North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory, Morris, Minnesota, USA, a...
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£190.00 £171.00
Editor Dr Dave Watson is a leading authority on sustainable development and optimising value chains in agriculture. He has taught courses on sustainable...
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£190.00 £171.00
Editors Professor Frank Ordon  is President of the Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI), the Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants in Germany. He is...
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£180.00 £162.00
Editor Formerly a scientist at the internationally-renowned Silsoe Research Institute, Dr John Stafford is well known as a leader in precision agriculture...
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£170.00 £153.00
Editor Dr Stuart Wale is a potato agronomist and researcher with 40 years' experience for SAC Consulting, a Division of SRUC (Scotland’s Rural College)....
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£160.00 £144.00
Prof John Billingsley, 9781786762726

Robotics has great potential in improving productivity and precision in agriculture. The book reviews advances in technologies such as machine vision and control systems, as well as applications from crop planting, fertilisation, pest and weed management to livestock production.

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£160.00 £144.00
Editor Dr Don Reicosky is an Emeritus Soil Scientist, formerly at the North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory, Morris, Minnesota, USA, a...
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£150.00 £135.00
Professor Amir Kassam, 9781786762641
Editor Professor Kassam is Visiting Professor at the University of Reading (UK) and Moderator of the FAO-hosted Global Platform for Conservation...
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£150.00 £135.00
Editor Professor Kassam is Visiting Professor at the University of Reading (UK) and Moderator of the FAO-hosted Global Platform for Conservation...
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Editor Dr Gefu Wang-Pruski is Professor of Molecular Genomics in the Faculty of Agriculture at Dalhousie University, Canada. Her research focuses on...
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£140.00 £126.00
Editor Dr Greg Lang is a Professor in Tree Fruit Physiology at Michigan State University, USA. He is the current Chair of the International Society for...
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£140.00 £126.00
Editor Dr Greg Lang is a Professor in Tree Fruit Physiology at Michigan State University, USA. He is the current Chair of the International Society for...
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£130.00 £117.00
Editor Dr Peter Langridge is Emeritus Professor of Plant Science at the University of Adelaide and former CEO of the Australian Centre for Plant...
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£100.00
Complete Back Catalogue of Direct Driller Magazine   All Issues can be bought as a set to get you completely back up to date with over...
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£85.00

This comprehensive monograph provides a perspective on the current state of agri-environmental management in Europe from both a policy and practical perspective. Some of the issues in agriculture discussed are: climate change and pollution, biodiversity, water use and quality, livestock, cropping, habitat management and cultural considerations.

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£60.00

This book provides an overview of bee biology, the bee in the wider environment, intoxication, bee diseases, bee parasites, pests, enemies, and veterinary treatment and actions relating to honeybee health.

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£58.00
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NEW for 2020 The UK Pesticide Guide  is the authoritative reference for all pesticide products and adjuvants approved for use in agriculture,...
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£55.00

Now in its 4th edition Roger Blowey’s updated version of the acclaimed A Veterinary Book for Dairy Farmers deals with newly emerging problems in cattle farming as well as covering the necessary knowledge required for maintenance and economic effeciencies.

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£55.00

A comprehensive forage-to-fork book on beef farming that delivers veterinary level information to farmers and farm-related information to vets. The Veterinary Book for Beef Farmers is a complete guide to farming cattle for protein emphasising good practice, herd health management and disease prevention.

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£55.00

Is organic farming better for the environment, human health and crop quality? And crucially can an organic farming system cope with feeding the expanding world population. Examining all the available evidence the author aims to provide an objective analysis of the benefits and the exaggerated and misinterpreted claims surrounding organic farming.

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Dog Bites brings together expert knowledge of the current situation on dog bites and dog aggression directed at humans from a wide variety of disciplines.

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£49.95

A guide to calf management authored by vets who also have their own herd. The focus is on rearing an animal with optimal health for enhanced productivity with a focus on welfare and best practice.

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£45.00

Strategies for success have been detailed in the first and second editions of Managing Breeds for a Secure Future . The third edition explores this further, providing more strategies that can assure long-term survival for breeds of livestock, poultry, and dogs.

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£45.00

Managing Bee Health is a most useful guide for beekeepers, advisors, veterinarians and beekeeping enthusiasts, showing practical ways to understand bee health, treat sick or compromised hives and enhance the wellbeing and welfare of these wonderful creatures.

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£34.95

Breeding Better Dogs delves into the biology of managing reproduction in dogs, from mating to whelping and the first few weeks of life.

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£29.95

Canine Behaviour in Mind presents advice on behavioural change in achievable and creative ways. It examines how the way we live and work with dogs may need adjusting to promote positive behavioural change in the animal as well as better welfare.

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£25.00

How has it come to this point in our history that we hardly value the food we eat and the soil that it’s grown in? How is it that we care so little how food production impacts animals and the environment? Industrial farming has transformed Britain’s rural landscapes, increasing crop yields and reducing hunger

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£24.95

A Lifetime of Beekeeping Mistakes is written from the voice of experience rather than academic research, and is entirely practical, based very much on the right and wrong ways of doing things the author has experienced throughout his beekeeping career.

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£24.95

Authored by a renowned animal scientist with a peerless reputation in organic livestock nutrition, A Practical Guide to the Feeding of Organic Farm Animals aims to translate the science of feeding organic livestock and distil it into practical guidance for farmers and producers.

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This is a practical manual focusing principally on the needs of sheep farmers and shepherds in the United Kingdom but covering material applicable to sheep-farming situations worldwide.

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Aimed at people with busy schedules this instructive book gives practical information about how to manage a small herd and keep pigs happy and healthy under the time constraints of modern life. The Commuter Pig Keeper is all-inclusive covering various breeds both as breeding herds and food sources.

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Smallholding is a practical, comprehensive guide to smallholding for beginners, aimed at people who have access to land, as well as those growing produce in their back garden.

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£24.95

Sheep Keeping is a practical guide to common problems seen in small sheep flocks, suitable for experienced smallholder sheep farmers, but also relevant to new and prospective ones.

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£24.95

Authored by a veterinary specialist, this book provides a comprehensive overview of diseases of veterinary importance. Diseases are presented at the level of the whole organism and by individual organ, with illustrations for easy identification.

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The physical and behavioural attributes of domestic chickens are discussed in detail, advice on laying hens, breeding and raising chicks, housing, feeding, nutrition and health maintenance are covered, along with egg production, slaughter, collecting eggs and poultry meat products.

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Lameness is one of the main conditions affecting cattle and is considered a major welfare problem with significant impact on animal productivity. This well established practical book explores the issue and provides a fundamental guide to prevention and hoof care.

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£24.95

Farming in cities and small spaces is becoming increasingly popular, but it has its challenges. City Farming addresses the problems the urban farmer might face and turns them into creative solutions.

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£24.95

Academic behavioural research is used to underpin understanding of horse behaviour and changes that can be made to positively improve horses’ lives.

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£24.95

Foals and Young Horses is a companion guide for horse owners, riders and especially breeders.

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Horse Behaviour draws on recent research in the field of equine ethology and applies it to practical knowledge.

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This is an essential A-Z reference guide to common natural medicinal recipes for horses based on wild-growing and easily available flowers, fungi and herbs.

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Presenting a broad coverage of topics relating to horse and donkey ownership, The Handbook of Horses and Donkeys is an introductory guide providing expert advice on current ethical management practices.

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The Dog Care Handbook is a self-help book written for thoughtful dog owners in the UK. It will improve your knowledge of dogs, your relationship with your vet and your understanding of important and common diseases that our dogs might develop.

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#TheSolution This is the fastest growing public education campaign in UK farming and agriculture right now and you are here because you want to be part...
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The Science Behind a Happy Dog covers both scientific approaches to dog raising and practical solutions to common behavioural problems.

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The Intuitive Farmer follows on from successful business management books such as The Goal, which communicate business ideas and strategies in novel form. This is the first such book applied to agricultural management practices.

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Presented in a glossary format, the new edition of this pocket-sized reference book gives the name, pronunciation and classification of common plants and the meaning behind the Latin origins of the name.

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£14.95

A concise practical handbook on high welfare standards in pig farming for people who work directly with animals.

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Piglet Nutrition Notes Volume 1 is aimed at the pig industry professional, providing a quick look-up advisory guide on common practical issues in pig production. Focusing on piglet nutrition and based on the author’s broad ranging experience as an international consulting nutritionist, this book offers expert-led advice for pig producers.

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Aimed at the pig industry professional, Piglet Nutrition Notes Volume 2 provides a quick look-up advisory guide on common practical issues in pig production.

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Dairy Cattle Welfare in Practice takes a very practical approach, first outlining what welfare is, then demonstrating how poor welfare can lead to economic losses and using case studies to show how welfare improvements have led to increased productivity.

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A short practical book of guidelines and advice to good welfare practice in broiler chicken farming. Broiler Chickens distils academic research into applied advice on the farm for industry and farm workers.

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Hinton Ampner - Farming's End, Charlie and Hazel Flindt farm 920 acres of heavy land on the National Trust-owned estate at Hinton Ampner in Hampshire. On Michaelmas Day 2021, Charlie started his third warts-and-all farm diary.

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Farming Hinton Ampner - The Brexit/Virus Year, Charlie and Hazel Flindt farm 920 acres of heavy land on the National Trust-owned estate at Hinton Ampner in Hampshire. In February 2020, Charlie decided that someone should record, in the finest detail, the consequences of the biggest thing to hit British farming in generations

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Please note deliveries are taking a little longer than usual due to a high volume of orders, COVID and Christmas. Sweet Home Hinton Ampner - the...
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Back Issue - Direct Driller Magazine 2 Download Issue 2 as a PDF CONTENTS...
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'Must reads' in this issue Hook-lift trailer makes adaptable farm machine towed by tractor This issue looks at hook-lifts and suggests that farmers...
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'Must reads' in this issue One-tonne farm UTV that's stronger, cheaper than any side by side from Deere, Kubota, Polaris. Tows an Ifor livestock...
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Included in Vol 26-2 of Practical Farm Ideas 23 brand new workshop projects. Including: A post driver that uses a hydraulic vibrator is fast and...
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Issue 26-1 May - Aug 2017 * 51 Made it Myself Farm Workshop Projects * Finance and farm admin - do you know your partnership/company agreements...
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Thinking constructively for a better farming industry Positive ideas from farmers who are thinking ahead are much needed...
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Welcome once more to the different farming magazine. The one full of projects and ideas made in workshops on farms and barns… machines, tools and...
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Made it Myself from three innovative Dutch dairy farms. Some of their ideas not seen in the UK yet could well be very helpful in containing costs and...
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Farmer in hospital after this wheel fell on him, took 18 months for recovery. Decided not to handle wheels manually again and made a wheel changer....
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The Made it Myself section kicks off on page 5 with a neat and logical modification to an Ifor Williams 14ft trailer. The farmer sells straw to riding...
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* The start of our 25th year of publishing *39 time and money saving projects for every farm *Helping readers improve margins, control costs, prepare for...
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CONTENTS: You get all this, and more, in Practical Farm Ideas #96 Feb-May 2016 Incorporating SOIL+ Cover Cropping International Made it Myself...
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Welcome to Practical Farm Ideas Vol 24-3 published on Nov 21 2015 48 all-editorial pages. Practical cost-cutting opportunities. Tax advice for...
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Made it Myself: Self propelled log splitter • Built on junked 4x4 dumper • Goes everywhere; no tractor tied up; • Ram splits...
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PFI issue 24-1 #93 May - Aug 2015 Made it Myself 42 farm workshop projects and tips, never published before New improved layout with 9 items...
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The Keep-it-Simple Guide to Profitable Farming In this issue Home designed milking parlour is rapid exit with a lift up front and rapid entrance...
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Published in early Nov, Feb, May, and August Top features in this issue Made it Myself: Mobile pressure washer and drain jetter. Built...
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See how you can make a road washer attachment for any slurry tanker. Fill the tank with water in the normal way and then fit the water bar on the...
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May-Aug 2014 Vol 23-1 #89 Welcome to issue 89, which includes Soil + Cover Cropping International Issue summary Workshop innovations include some useful...
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Welcome to issue #88 Feb to May 2014 Readers will see that our cover now reads 'Incorporating SOIL + COVER CROPPING INTERNATIONAL. Over the past year we...
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Hello and welcome to the new issue. We had a great choice of cover stories. Should we feature a home made stirrer 'Mixing a 37% Return on Invested...
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CONTENTS of 22-2 AUG - NOV 2013 The cover story is a home made compost machine, and we're going to hear a lot more about compost in the next ten years,...
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Cover story Our contributor farms 1000 clay acres on the Essex coast, 500 arable and 500 grass. He failed to find a heavy press to match his 175HP NH...
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With 48 workshop projects from farms all over the UK, this issue provides all farmers with some great time and money saving ideas. From the attention...
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Digital Copies on CD sent by post Print Version SOLD OUT Sample of features in this issue: Min-till drills, Firewood ideas, Grain trailer used as...
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This issue was mailed to subscribers Aug 1 and is on sale in selected rural stores on Thursday Aug 9. CONTENTS CONTAINS: Quad bike theft : having lost...
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Dairy .... 5 Big energy Savers COVER STORY The picture shows Gloucestershire maize land being ploughed in mid April, with the farm's new 10kW Evoco wind...
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CONTENTS Our cover stories: 1. Hedge trimmer mounted on forager Here's a win - win - win project! The cost is low as the scrap John Deere forager was...
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Publication Date: Aug 8, 2011 This issue of Practical Farm Ideas has 45 individual farming ideas which have proved valuable to the farmers who devised...
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Overview of Issue 77 Vol 20 issue 1 Dave Knight is part of an Exmoor farming family that goes back many generations, which means he has learned and...
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