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From the editor: Right incentives will allow farmers to hedge their bets

Hedgerows, for some people, can be very emotive things. Part of the patchwork quilt that forms much of the UK landscape, they provoke a range of feelings from the farming and non-farming fraternity.

Ben Briggs
Ben Briggs is the group publisher and editor in chief of Agriconnect, overseeing the media business and titles such as 草榴社区 Guardian, Dairy Farmer and Arable Farming.
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From the editor: Right incentives will allow farmers to hedge their bets

Hedgerows, for some people, can be very emotive things. Part of the patchwork quilt that forms much of the UK landscape, they provoke a range of feelings from the farming and non-farming fraternity...

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