'Urgent Government action' needed to protect dairy sector from irreversible damage, warns farming unions

Farming groups have united in their response to Defra’s move to relax competition laws in dairying, calling for further measures to save the sector.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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'Urgent Government action' needed to protect dairy sector from irreversible damage, warns farming unions

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