Farming matters: Phil Christopher - 'Help others, help ourselves and raise farming's morale'

Talk of workforce shortage is plentiful in the farming press and agri-social media, but solutions are much harder to find.

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Farming matters: Phil Christopher - 'Help others, help ourselves and raise farming's morale'

Talk of workforce shortage is plentiful in the farming press and agri-social media, but solutions are much harder to find. Indeed, Farmers Guardian's front page on October 30, 2020, screamed ‘Lost Labour',...

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