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UK faces biggest challenges for farming in 50 years

Covid-19, Brexit and the weather mean farmers are facing their biggest challenges for 50 years

Alex Black
Deputy Editor
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UK faces biggest challenges for farming in 50 years

Covid-19, Brexit and the weather mean farmers are facing their biggest challenges for 50 years COVID-19, Brexit and ‘awful weather' mean there are more challenges for farming than for 50 years, according...

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