Creating a sustainable business running a profitable, large herd while introducing regenerative principles is not without its challenges.Building resilience into his business by growing his own cereals and having a rolling stock of 27,000t of silage is part of Neil Baker's move to regenerative agriculture.In fact, one of his new key performance indicators at Rushywood Farm, Somerset, is to have six months' worth of forage on hand. "Before, we would get short of forage and have to buy in. We used to be constantly booking feed to fill gaps and either buying some feed or selling some cows," he says.
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