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Farming without subsidies: How four businesses are building resilience

This year's annual BASE conference explored how farmers can build thriving, resilient businesses amid declining government support

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Farming without subsidies: How four businesses are building resilience

Martin Caunce, Lancashire Martin Caunce When Martin Caunce left school in 1985 to work on the family farm at Holmeswood in west Lancashire his father was growing a diverse mix of 15 crops across 57...

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