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Unusually, Rod, you grow organic apples in Ireland. Is that the main crop on site?
Well, we have 55 acres, 20 acres are in apples. On the rest we grow tillage, porridge oats for Flahavans, and we have some horses.
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SUBSCRIBEOliver Moore: Unusually, Rod, you grow organic apples in Ireland. Is that the main crop on site?
Rod Calder-Potts: Well, we have 55 acres, 20 acres are in apples. On the rest we grow tillage, porridge oats for Flahavans, and we have some horses.
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