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The government has angered farmers and green groups alike by suspending the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme, but as Roger Harrabin argues the underlying principles behind farming subsidy reform remain robust
Amidst the fury over the latest setback to the government's bungled farm subsidy reform programme, let's not forget that payments to farmers are in desperate need of revision, given that for decades we...
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