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How a focus on grass continues to pay off for Cheshire dairy farm

Larkton House has long been a grazing farm but over the years Peter Done and his team have worked hard to refine the system to ensure grass remains at the core of the business

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The Done family have farmed at Larkton House in Malpas, Cheshire since 1927, and it is now run by fourth generation Peter Done, in partnership with his mother Anne. Peter explains the farm was bought...

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