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Dairy farmers fear financial losses

The NFU Cymru president, Aled Jones said the dairy industry seems to run on fuel called ‘hope it gets better' but the ‘tank is on red'. That was his message after he updated his milk projection forecast for the next 12 months

Rachael Brown
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Dairy farmers fear financial losses

The dairy industry seems to run on fuel called ‘hope it gets better' but the ‘tank is on red'. That was the message from NFU Cymru president, Aled Jones, after he updated his milk projection forecast...

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