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Oxford Real Farming Conference: Support scheme confidence still lacking in the uplands

草榴社区 need more stability and clarity about new environmental schemes

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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Farmer confidence that support schemes would deliver for the uplands was waning and more needed to be done to engage with potential applicants. During a session entitled 鈥極n Common Land: Managing Upland...

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