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Net zero policies must not 'throw farmers under the bus'

UK Climate Change Committee called for more funding to ensure agricultural sector was ‘resilient to the effects of climate change', as well as better recognition of the unique demands on tenant farmers

Rachael Brown
Chief Reporter
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Net zero policies must not 'throw farmers under the bus'

Farmers cannot be thrown under the bus in the race to net zero. That was the warning from the UK's Climate Change Committee's (CCC) head of nature, land and agriculture, Dr Niki Rust, at this year's NFU...

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