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Commentators called out for claiming farming is 'irrelevant'

At a time when farming is 'evolving, adapting and driving rural Britain forward', how wrong is it to suggest that farming does not contribute to the rural economy?

Chris Brayford
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NFU deputy-president David Exwood said: "The real problem is not that farming’s out of touch – it is that too many commentators are."
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NFU deputy-president David Exwood said: "The real problem is not that farming’s out of touch – it is that too many commentators are."

Suggesting that farming is 'irrelevant' to the British and rural economy is simply wrong and must be challenged, a farm union leader has warned. An article in The Economist, has stated that 'farming...

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