Bird enthusiasts are warning of potential damage to thousands of kilometres of English hedgerows if current cross-compliance rules are not replaced with regulation by 2024. Defra’s plans for a new “public money for public goods” approach to farm support certainly contains measures that will encourage and reward hedgerow management, with some of them built into […]
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