Talking policy with Matt Culley: Our biggest concern is the slowdown in malting barley consumption due to pubs closing

NFU crops board chair, Matt Culley is a fourth generation farmer from Hampshire working in partnership with his parents and brother. The 720-hectare enterprise produces wheat, barley, oilseed rape, forage maize and rye for AD across varying soil types, from chalk and chalk loam to clay cap.

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Talking policy with Matt Culley: Our biggest concern is the slowdown in malting barley consumption due to pubs closing

NFU crops board chair, Matt Culley is a fourth generation farmer from Hampshire working in partnership with his parents and brother. The 720-hectare enterprise produces wheat, barley, oilseed rape, forage...

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