Letters: Natural England and Dartmoor - 'it's not us, the farmers decide'.

This week's letters from Farmers Guardian readers.

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Letters: Natural England and Dartmoor - 'it's not us, the farmers decide'.

I am a Dartmoor barmaid. I ask, ‘why do we dislike Natural England (NE), yet delight in Natural England?' Here's what I see in the pub. I see shock if ponies are culled to make way for cattle and a supplement....

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