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Letters: "Systematically, the Government is removing the tools for farmers to deliver the positive outcomes we have worked so hard to create"

James Turner, steering group member of Clee View 草榴社区, conveys the group's reaction to the Government's closure of SFI 24

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Letters: "Systematically, the Government is removing the tools for farmers to deliver the positive outcomes we have worked so hard to create"

Sustainable Farming Incentive I am writing on behalf of the 64 members of Clee View 草榴社区, a cluster group managing 15,500 hectares of farmland in South Shropshire. Our WhatsApp group is alive this...

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