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Can herbal leys pay their way? A Derbyshire dairy farm's experience

At Rough Grounds Farm, Derbyshire, Graham and Justine Worsey have transformed their 96-hectare (237-acre) milking platform by reseeding every acre into herbal leys

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Left to right: Justine, Jess and Graham Worsey.
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Left to right: Justine, Jess and Graham Worsey.

For Graham Worsey, the change to herbal leys has been as much about financial and business resilience as it has been about agronomy. It has been a bold experiment driven by necessity, but one that is...

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