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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

02 September 2025 鈥� 3 min read

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NFU deputy-president David Exwood said: "The real problem is not that farming鈥檚 out of touch 鈥� 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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