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From the editor: The days of being left alone to farm are ebbing away

According to a well known former Farmers Guardian听journalist who spent more than 40 years with the title, one of the biggest changes in UK farming from the 1970s onwards was the rise of the environmental agenda and how it influenced policy.听

Ben Briggs
Ben Briggs is the group publisher and editor in chief of Agriconnect, overseeing the media business and titles such as Farmers Guardian, Dairy Farmer and Arable Farming.
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From the editor: The days of being left alone to farm are ebbing away

According to a well known former Farmers Guardian journalist who spent more than 40 years with the title, one of the biggest changes in UK farming from the 1970s onwards was the rise of the environmental...

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