Letters: "Non-active common land graziers have received substantial payments for doing nothing"

D.G. Jones, from Conwy in North Wales, continues the conversation around common land grazing rights

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Letters: "Non-active common land graziers have received substantial payments for doing nothing"

I must congratulate Farmers Guardian for bringing the issue of common land to readers' attention over the last few months, particularly by printing readers' letters. My family has farmed common land...

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