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From the editor: Pragmatic approach to uplands policy is the right one

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

Katie Jones
Editor, Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer
clock • 2 min read
From the editor: Pragmatic approach to uplands policy is the right one

Calls for an end to ‘top down short-term' policy making always sounds sensible to me, and in particular it is absolutely the right route to go down when it comes to farming and the uplands. This pragmatic...

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