Ex-NFU president Baroness Minette Batters to head up new Gov farm department

Defra says role will boost farming's profitability and the rural economy as Labour pushes its New Deal for Farmers

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Former NFU president Baroness Batters has been appointed to lead Defra's farm profitability unit
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Former NFU president Baroness Batters has been appointed to lead Defra's farm profitability unit

Former NFU president and farmer Baroness Minette Batters is to lead the Government's Farm Profitability Review, Defra has announced. The Crossbench peer has been appointed by Secretary of State Steve...

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