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Going home to farm on historic estate reveals new passion

After returning to the farm at home, Chris Rumming has found success in a new way of farming. Jack Watkins finds out more

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Going home to farm on historic estate reveals new passion

Chris Rumming's family have farmed at Park Farm, on the edge of Swindon, North Wiltshire, for generations. Beginning as tenant famers on the Bolingbroke estate a century ago, his great-grandfather acquitted...

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