Harper Adams University scooped the Institute of Agricultural Management Farmplanner competition “by a nose”, with a business plan and presentation the judges said was one of the best they had ever seen. Converting redundant farm buildings into a residential estate, introducing onions into the rotation, changing the insulation system for carrots and constructing two new broiler sheds formed the backbone of Harper’s winning business plan, for the 600ha Sundorne estate in Shropshire. See also: Total income from farming sees small real-terms […]
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