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Farming in Five: Farmers frustrated by having to publicly defend the safety and viability of their businesses in light of public concerns around methane suppressors

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on farmers' frustration of having to publicly defend the safety and viability of their businesses in light of public concerns around methane suppressors, Wales announces an all-wales avian influenza prevention zone, after it was declared across England and Scotland earlier in the week, and NFU Council members vote in favour of staging a further protest in the capital as part of a drive to halt the family farm tax

Rachael Brown
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Avian Influenza Protection Zones across England, Scotland and Wales

 

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