BRITISH FARMERS ABROAD FEATURE – NEW ZEALAND

BY SYMON ROSS, in Christchurch, New Zealand, THE DAVEY family swapped arable faming on the Lincolnshire Wolds for mixed farming on New Zealand's South Island five years ago and say they haven't looked back since. Bill and Lynda Davey had felt the future of family farming in England was in serious jeopardy and made a life changing decision to look overseas. After considering Tasmania, mainland Australia and Canada for their new home they chose to move half way around the world to New Zealand's Canterbury Plains, the breadbasket of the country and, they felt, ...


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