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JCB heir Jo Bamford: "Gov is obsessed with electrification, but how do you charge a tractor in the middle of a field?"

Mr Bamford, who is behind one of Britain's most ambitious clean energy ventures, says hydrogen-powered farming is no longer a distant prospect, but urged the Government to help expedite agriculture's transition to cleaner fuels

Olivia Midgley
Editorial Director
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JCB and HyKit's Jo Bamford speaking to Farmers Guardian's Olivia Midgley about the need to transition to cleaner fuels.
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JCB and HyKit's Jo Bamford speaking to Farmers Guardian's Olivia Midgley about the need to transition to cleaner fuels.

Mr Bamford, who has just launched HyKit, a self-contained mobile hydrogen refuelling station which is essentially a bowser for hydrogen, said his aim was to see hydrogen replace red diesel but that would...

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