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What should a new English water strategy look like?

A new water strategy is being devised for England, but will it really stop the ‘boom and bust’ of floods and drought that farming increasingly faces? And how can farmers play their part? Jez Fredenburgh reports in the second part of our short series on water.

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What should a new English water strategy look like?

A new water strategy is being devised for England, but will it really stop the boom and bust of floods and drought that farming increasingly faces? And how can farmers play their part? Jez Fredenburgh...

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