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Letters: Red Tractor interim chair apologises for auction mart remark

This week's letter from Red Tractor's Interim Chair Alistair Mackintosh

Rachael Brown
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Letters: Red Tractor interim chair apologises for auction mart remark

Mr McLeod raises valid concerns over my remark about auction marts featured in ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian's Letters on July 12. The truth is auction marts remain essential to livestock farmers as a route to market,...

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