NFU Conference: Mark Spencer - Farming Minister: "I pity some of those farmers in Wales who will find this army of regulators crawling all over them"

Chief reporter Rachael Brown sat down with Defra Farming Minister Mark Spencer and Defra Secretary Steve Barclay at the NFU Conference

Rachael Brown
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NFU Conference: Mark Spencer - Farming Minister: "I pity some of those farmers in Wales who will find this army of regulators crawling all over them"

You can listen to Rachael speak to Mark Spencer and Steve Barclay about what Rishi Sunak had to say in his speech at NFU Conference, the current situation Welsh farmers are facing with SFS, a fair price...

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