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Integrated organic grass-fed beef and arable farm finds sweet spot by balancing output and nature

The aim for beef and arable farmer, Jimi Collis and his herd manager Matt House is to find the ‘business sweet spot' by balancing output and profit with increasing biodiversity

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(Left - right) Matt House and Jimi Collis
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(Left - right) Matt House and Jimi Collis

Jimi Collis and his herd manager Matt House run 270 suckler cows within their organic arable farm on 700ha (1,730 acres) of owned and rented land in north Dorset, within the Cranbourne Chase Area of Outstanding...

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