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Lancashire upland farm goes cold turkey on inputs and switches system to regenerative farming practices

A decline in BPS payments and a drive for resilience has seen an upland livestock partnership in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, revolutionise the way their traditional beef and sheep system is farmed

Sarah Alderton

24 December 2023 鈥� 8 min read

Lancashire upland farm goes cold turkey on inputs and switches system to regenerative farming practices

Lancashire beef and sheep farmers Nat Marsden, who farms with his brother Roger, has turned the family's upland farming system on its head to make it more resilient by changing the breeds farmed, how the...

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