Let's hope the pandemic has shown our trade negotiators the importance of UK farming

In February, a key Government adviser was telling Ministers UK food production is not critically important. Let’s hope the pandemic has shown our trade negotiators the opposite is true, says Neil Farmer, an arable and sheep farmer from the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border.

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Let's hope the pandemic has shown our trade negotiators the importance of UK farming

In February, a key Government adviser was telling Ministers UK food production is not critically important. Let's hope the pandemic has shown our trade negotiators the opposite is true, says Neil Farmer,...

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