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Letters: "Government is removing the tools to deliver the positive outcomes farmers have worked so hard to create"

James Turner, steering group member of Clee View Íæż½ã½ã, conveys the group's reaction to the Government's closure of SFI 24

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Letters: "Government is removing the tools to deliver the positive outcomes farmers have worked so hard to create"

Sustainable Farming Incentive I am writing on behalf of the 64 members of Clee View Íæż½ã½ã, a cluster group managing 15,500 hectares of farmland in South Shropshire. Our WhatsApp group is alive this...

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