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In your field: Kate Beavan - 'Trees is becoming a swear word among some Welsh farmers and it shouldn't be'

The controversial requirement to join the Sustainable Farming Scheme in Wales, to have 10 per cent tree cover excluding hedgerows, has resulted in ‘trees’ becoming a swear word among some farmers and it shouldn’t be

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In your field: Kate Beavan - 'Trees is becoming a swear word among some Welsh farmers and it shouldn't be'

At the Agroforestry Show in August, I bumped into Phil Stocker, chief executive of the National Sheep Association, who informed me that he had heard some negative feedback from the commoners regarding...

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