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From the editor: Farmers cannot deliver on net zero measures for free

This week our chief reporter Rachael Brown looking at whether Welsh farmers will start turning their back on Government if sufficient support payments for climate and food production are not secured

Rachael Brown
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From the editor: Farmers cannot deliver on net zero measures for free

This week from Chief Reporter Rachael Brown looking at whether Welsh farmers will start turning their back on Government if sufficient support payments for climate and food production are not secured

Going green, as Welsh farmers and the wider industry fully acknowledge, is an inevitable baseline. But if the market is unwilling to deliver that as a premium, then support payments are the only way. It...

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