From the editor: "Is it possible supermarkets may just be farming's saviour in the family farm tax fight?"

This week from Farmers Guardian's editor Olivia Midgley

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Farmer protest at a Morrisons store

Supermarkets are often cast as the villains of the food supply chain piece, but is it possible they may just be farming's saviour in the family farm tax fight? Several condemnations of the Government's...

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