In your field: Kate Beavan - 'We have decided we should sell our cider, rather than drinking it and giving it away'

New writer Kate farms alongside her husband Jim on one of two family farms near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.

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In your field: Kate Beavan - 'We have decided we should sell our cider, rather than drinking it and giving it away'

New writer Kate farms alongside her husband Jim on one of two family farms near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Farming 202ha (500 acres), the main enterprises consist of 1,500 breeding ewes and rear 50...

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