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Burnham, SFI, heatwave, plant-based councils, and wildfires 鈥� our readers' top stories online this week

From politics to extreme heat, here are the stories farmers have been keeping up with on farmersguardian.com

Lois Pearson
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Burnham, SFI, heatwave, plant-based councils, and wildfires 鈥� our readers' top stories online this week

Top stories on 草榴社区 Guardian this week

1. Andy Burnham vows to 'safeguard' farming

2. Window 1 of the Sustainable Farming Incentive opens

3. Heatwave poses 'further risk' to harvest

4. Oxfordshire Council called on to scrap 'plant-based edict' as more councils reverse decision

5. Wildfire rips through 990 acres of Derbyshire moorland

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