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From the editor: Fastest finger first is no way to fund farming

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

Katie Jones
Editor, Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer
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From the editor: Fastest finger first is no way to fund farming

A shambles. A farce. Unfair. These were some of the cleaner words used to describe this week's Sustainable Farming Incentive 26 (SFI26) window two application process. It started badly, with farmers...

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