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Government farm retirement schemes focused on income doomed to fail

Government retirement schemes which only compensate for monetary loss from farming are doomed to fail, new research commissioned by Welsh Ministers has found.

Abi Kay
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Government farm retirement schemes focused on income doomed to fail

Government retirement schemes which only compensate for monetary loss from farming are doomed to fail, new research commissioned by Welsh Ministers has found. The report by IHS Markit, which looked...

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