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Upland farmers secure positive breakthrough with ELMs

Defra has announced a new funding commitment to upland farm businesses

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Upland farmers secure positive breakthrough with ELMs

For a while upland farmers have felt undervalued and forgotten, but after months of campaigning from the NFU and ‘intense chats' with Defra Secretary farmers and the industry welcomes the Government's...

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