Defra secretary George Eustice has faced an angry Twitter backlash from farmers after suggesting that strong farmgate prices will cover their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) funding cuts. During the national debate at this week’s Oxford Farming Conference (OFC), host Christopher Price noted the stark differences in the conceptual approaches of future farming policy in the […]
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