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Beeswax Dyson Farming has achieved impressive results from the scientific probity applied to the arable land in its care, but how does that translate into carbon cost? CPM gets an exclusive insight. It’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey to get there. By Tom Allen-Stevens On the way to one of the farm’s two AD plants, you pass a field of potatoes with wildflower strips not just around the headland, but in the tramlines, too. “It makes sense not to crop areas of the field where production is always compromised,” notes managing director of Beeswax Dyson Farming Richard Williamson. “Putting in wildflower strips increases the population of beneficial insects which reduces our reliance on pesticides and results in a more sustainable, and ultimately more profitable crop.” Wildflower strips planted not just on the headland of potato fields but in the tramlines, encourage beneficial insects and reduce dependence on pesticides. It’s a simple idea, and a logic you’d be hard pushed to find holes in. And if you tried, you’d probably find there’s data aplenty to back up the practice. That’s because everything you see, hear and experience about this business, now the largest farming concern in the…
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