Farming low in Government's 'pecking order', says Minister

Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner told farmers at the Norfolk Farming Conference ‘the Budget is as the Budget is' and it was not going to change

Rachael Brown
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Farming low in Government's 'pecking order', says Minister

If agriculture constantly relies on a payment from the Exchequer, the sector will always be in competition with others, and where farming is on that pecking order is never going to be great. READ NOW: Labour...

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