In your field: Tom Clarke - 'Farmers are sitting ducks for suppliers, merchants and processors'

Why are tractors not allowed on the German autobahn? Without speed limits, a trusty tractor just cannot hold its own against gangs of lean, mean BMWs or Audis. Gaggles of tractors bouncing out onto these roads would just be sitting ducks.

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In your field: Tom Clarke - 'Farmers are sitting ducks for suppliers, merchants and processors'

Why are tractors not allowed on the German autobahn? Without speed limits, a trusty tractor just cannot hold its own against gangs of lean, mean BMWs or Audis. Gaggles of tractors bouncing out onto these...

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