From the editor: Elections will shape the future of farming in 2024

This week from Farmers Guardian's editor Olivia Midgley

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From the editor: Elections will shape the future of farming in 2024

This year will be the biggest election year in history, with more than 60 countries - representing half the world's population - going to the polls. About four billion people will be voting in presidential,...

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