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Oxford Real Farming Conference: Support scheme confidence still lacking in the uplands

Farmers need more stability and clarity about new environmental schemes

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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Credit: Hugh Warwick
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Credit: Hugh Warwick

Farmer confidence that support schemes would deliver for the uplands was waning and more needed to be done to engage with potential applicants. During a session entitled ‘On Common Land: Managing Upland...

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