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From the editor: "We know UK farmers produce food to the highest quality and standards in the world, but they should not be penalised for this at home"

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (April 18)

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From the editor: "We know UK farmers produce food to the highest quality and standards in the world, but they should not be penalised for this at home"

Analysis by AHDB lays bare the prescriptive nature of Red Tractor farm assurance when compared to the schemes of other major food-producing nations and exporters, such as Australia and New Zealand. On...

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