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Farm Diversification: 'We've grown up farming 鈥� and diversifying means we can continue doing it'

Two brothers from Worcestershire say diversifying their business and limiting the effects of the 鈥榰ncontrollables鈥� in farming means they can continue doing what they love

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Farm Diversification: 'We've grown up farming 鈥� and diversifying means we can continue doing it'

Rod Philips and his brother Henry come from a long line of farmers, in fact they are the fifth generation of the family to farm the land. Since taking over the family farm and their business, R H Philips...

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