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Farmers burn wool over 'unfair prices'

British Wool has strongly urged farmers to keep open dialogue with them despite telling members they had seen a 25 per cent increase in wool prices

Chris Brayford
clock • 3 min read
Lincolnshire farmers Jade and Richard Bett said they had burned wool in protest over prices (Richard Bett)
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Lincolnshire farmers Jade and Richard Bett said they had burned wool in protest over prices (Richard Bett)

Farmers in Lincolnshire have decided to burn their wool in defiance over 'unfair' prices and 'rising' production costs. Jade and Richard Bett, from Yarburgh in Lincolnshire, said they had burned wool...

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