Welsh Government cannot repeat 'horror' of SFI withdrawal in England

NFU Cymru president Aled Jones said: "No farmer, wherever they reside, should be impacted like this by a poorly designed policy"

Rachael Brown
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Aled Jones, NFU Cymru president
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Aled Jones, NFU Cymru president

Welsh Government officials cannot repeat the 'horror' of the sudden pause of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) across the border in England, according to NFU Cymru president Aled Jones. Sustainable...

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