NFUS Conference: Max Schulman – 'If you are not around the table, then you are on the menu'

The chair of the Copa-Cogeca cereals and oilseeds working group highlighted the importance of having farmers at the top table in affecting Government policy

Alex Black
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NFUS Conference: Max Schulman – 'If you are not around the table, then you are on the menu'

If farmers are not around the table, then they will be on the menu. That was the message from Finnish farmer and Copa-Cogeca chair of cereals and oilseeds working group Max Schulman, speaking at the...

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