Former NFUS president and QMS chairman hits out at both organisations

Jim Walker has criticised comments by NFUS president Martin Kennedy on Irish beef filling the UK self-sufficiency gap

Alex Black
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Former NFUS president and QMS chairman hits out at both organisations

Jim Walker has criticised comments by NFUS president Martin Kennedy on Irish beef filling the UK self-sufficiency gap A war of words has broken out over beef imports with the opening salvo fired by...

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