Baroness Batters: 'Farmers are facing a cliff edge and the next few months will be pivotal'

Former NFU president issues warning as she announces she will deliver her Profitability Review to Defra on October 31

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Baroness Batters is delivering her farm profitability review on October 31
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Baroness Batters is delivering her farm profitability review on October 31

Farmers are facing a ‘cliff edge' with the next six months being ‘pivotal' for the sector, according to Baroness Minette Batters who was speaking as part of a panel on rural resilience at the IGD Future...

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