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Politicians look for rural vote ahead of general election

Defra Secretary, Steve Barclay said he had listened to farmers, bringing what he said was a clearer focus on enabling food production in environmental land management schemes

Rachael Brown
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Politicians look for rural vote ahead of general election

Both the Secretary of State and the Shadow Secretary of State for Defra were on the charm offensive at last week's Oxford Farming Conference, with all eyes firmly on securing their party's victory at the...

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