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Anaerobic digestion provides sustainable income for arable business

Installing an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in 2012 provided a new income stream for an arable farm looking to reduce risk through diversification

James Huyton
Machinery and Farm Technology Specialist
clock 鈥� 4 min read
Anaerobic digestion provides sustainable income for arable business

Shropshire-based W. H. Gittins & Sons farms a cropped area of 1,530 hectares, which is largely planted with cereals, including winter wheat and barley. In past years, oilseed rape (OSR) was used as a break...

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