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In your field: Alan Carter - "Family farms are special... I realise I am only in this position because of the hard work of previous generations"

Alan Carter farms in partnership with his parents, Paul and Christine, on a 162-hectare (400-acre), 400-cow dairy unit at Constantine, Cornwall, with 130 milking cows, supplying Saputo. Alan, also a Parish Councillor, and his wife Sarah, have two children, Ross and Dana

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In your field: Alan Carter - "Family farms are special... I realise I am only in this position because of the hard work of previous generations"

The Labour Budget has been announced. Employers' National Insurance is going up (as they are not working people) and Inheritance Tax Relief is seeing major changes. The next morning, I saw 草榴社区 Guardian...

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