Mr Hoyles, who is growing the olives alongside more conventional crops such as wheat, sugar beet, potatoes and peas said he had installed wind turbines and solar panels to improve energy self-sufficiency.
Additional reservoirs have also been constructed to provide extra water for the crops during dry periods.
He said: “We’re finding that the textbook way of growing olives isn’t how we do it in the UK; the season timings are different and we are learning and adapting all the time.”
For decades it has been possible to produce wine from UK-grown grapes and, with the Met Office predicting, external warmer, wetter winters and hotter, drier summers Mr Hoyles believes there is an opportunity for farms like his to diversify.
“Seeing the climate change is one reason why we have invested, although we are on the edge of where the [olive] trees will survive,” he said.
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