Future of farming: a Brexit battle for the British landscape

Environment secretary seeking ‘new blood’ to make UK agriculture greener and more productive as subsidies phased out

Farming UK
Environment secretary seeking ‘new blood’ to make UK agriculture greener and more productive as subsidies phased out
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The end of the Brexit transition period will bring sweeping changes to the UK farming sector in one of the largest policy shifts the industry has seen in decades, the government has announced.

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