Farmers accuse Defra of dragging heels over net zero target

Over 150 British farmers have written to Defra Secretary George Eustice demanding that the Government immediately rolls out the Landscape Recovery and Local Nature Recovery schemes, both part of the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme.

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Farmers accuse Defra of dragging heels over net zero target

Over 150 British farmers have written to Defra Secretary George Eustice demanding that the Government immediately rolls out the Landscape Recovery and Local Nature Recovery schemes, both part of the Environmental...

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