Supply chain has a 'moral responsibility' to act in the interest of both consumers and farmers, says NFU and NFU Cymru

Farming unions have urged retailers and processors to reconsider their responsibility towards British beef and lamb suppliers in the newly constrained marketplace as a result of Covid-19.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Supply chain has a 'moral responsibility' to act in the interest of both consumers and farmers, says NFU and NFU Cymru

Farming unions have urged retailers and processors to reconsider their responsibility towards British beef and lamb suppliers in the newly constrained marketplace as a result of Covid-19. In an open...

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