Farming Matters - Sarah Dyke: "Farmers deserve some fairness – not financial whiplash"

This week's opinion from throughout the world of agriculture: Sarah Dyke, Liberal Democrat MP for Glastonbury and Somerton, and rural affairs spokesperson

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This week has once again served up another blow for the farming community, who heard that after almost a year of being consumed by extreme stress and anxiety about the future of their farms, the Government...

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