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Families key to farming future

With the Basic Payment Scheme on the way out, most farm businesses will benefit from some form of collaboration.

Alice Dyer

14 August 2021 鈥� 4 min read

With the Basic Payment Scheme on the way out, most farm businesses will benefit from some form of collaboration. Jonathan Wheeler finds out more about how from LFB director farms and estates Gary Markham,...

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