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Sustainable Farming Scheme launch date is 'realistic', says Cabinet Secretary

Farmer confidence in Wales' new Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Climate Change Huw Irranca-Davies will come down to whether her can deliver change. Chief reporter Rachael Brown sat down with him to find out how he hopes to launch the SFS in time for January 2025

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Sustainable Farming Scheme launch date is 'realistic', says Cabinet Secretary

In the words of the newly appointed Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs in Wales Huw Irranca-Davies the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) must be ‘taken forward together otherwise it will fail'. Welsh...

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