Roger Evans: "It is a short-term view that spells hard times ahead for those of us who are farmers"

This month, Roger Evans discusses cheap food, recounts a tale about horse thefts and gives his thoughts on the debate around the right to die legislation

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We lost most of the land we farmed a couple of years ago. It was a difficult time for our family. Now, strangely, we are understocked, but you would think it would be the other way around. I don't know...

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