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Farmers encouraged to weigh up land use options

Graham Redman, partner at agribusiness consultants The Andersons Centre said the business aspect of farming was pressing on the farming community ‘even more so than ever before', and he urged farmers to look beyond the headline figures on Government environmental schemes, which he said could look appealing but came with ‘obligations' and ‘costs'

Rachael Brown
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Farmers encouraged to weigh up land use options

With the Government now funding dozens of new land use options beyond food production, and private markets paying for Biodiversity Net Gain and carbon sequestration and storage, there are more choices...

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