From the editor: Political soundbites often at odds with farming's core ethos

Do you ever get the feeling that some politicians and Ministers have little or no empathy for British agriculture?

Ben Briggs
Ben Briggs is the group publisher and editor in chief of Agriconnect, overseeing the media business and titles such as Farmers Guardian, Dairy Farmer and Arable Farming.
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From the editor: Political soundbites often at odds with farming's core ethos

Do you ever get the feeling that some politicians and Ministers have little or no empathy for British agriculture? If that is the case, then several stories in this week's Farmers Guardian will no doubt...

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