Letters: "The sooner farming learns to financially survive on its own two feet, the better"

Gwynfor Davies, via email, on farmers becoming dependent on Government support

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Letters: "The sooner farming learns to financially survive on its own two feet, the better"

I am a retired farmer; I have seen it all – the changes from full farmer support from Government to what it is now, a total reverse. It all changed when the payments system changed in the 1980s...

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