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Martin Lines, chief executive at the Nature Friendly Farming Network, said: "The 21st century farm needs to be seen as a landscape which produces a range of goods and services that society wants. Food is certainly one of those, but so are nature-based flooding solutions, timber, carbon sequestration, biodiversity habitat, renewable energy, tourism, education and access to nature."
With the dust settling on a Budget that barely mentioned farming, there can be little doubt our industry is in a difficult position. Farmers, particularly arable ones, are not being paid enough for...
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