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Finding a balance between farming for the environment with productivity

Reaching a crossroads as the Basic Payment Scheme is phased out has necessitated big decisions for a hill farmer in West Yorkshire. Chloe Palmer reports.

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Finding a balance between farming for the environment with productivity

Choosing whether to opt for the environmental route or increase productivity from the family farm is the decision currently facing James Howard. James' family has been farming at Holme, West Yorkshire,...

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