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From the editor: There will be no sustainability without farm profitability

What is in the meaning of a word? I ask because if you look at the meaning of ‘sustainable’ in the Collins English Dictionary it states it is something ‘which conserves an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources’.

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: There will be no sustainability without farm profitability

What is in the meaning of a word? I ask because if you look at the meaning of ‘sustainable' in the Collins English Dictionary it states it is something ‘which conserves an ecological balance by avoiding...

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