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Maximising opportunities to build a thriving beef enterprise on tenant farm

Optimising dairy beef calf rearing and finishing to meet market requirements is close to Laura Awdry’s heart and was the topic of her Nuffield Scholarship, inspired by her own farm enterprise

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Laura and Sam Awdry took on the tenancy in 2022
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Laura and Sam Awdry took on the tenancy in 2022

Just outside the Cornish city of Truro is Trendeal Vean Farm, a 317-hectare (783-acre) tenanted Duchy of Cornwall farm, where Laura and Sam Awdry run their dairy beef system. The couple took on the tenancy...

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