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Dairy Talk - Paul Tompkins: "I am confident that we are finally on the right path to building a stronger, more resilient future for the UK dairy sector"

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NFU dairy board chair Paul Tompkins farms with his wife Rachael in the Vale of York. Not from a farming background, Paul worked in the financial sector before meeting his wife and joining the family dairy...

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