Review of the farming year 2023 - Jeremy Clarkson, SFI and Red Tractor

Farmers Guardian takes a look back at a turbulent 12 months for the farming industry

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak won praise for the first ever Downing Street Field to Fork Summit
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak won praise for the first ever Downing Street Field to Fork Summit

After a difficult 2022 blighted by a global outbreak of avian influenza, storms, floods and record-breaking input prices, 2023 began on something of a positive note. Defra unveiled a raft of financial...

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