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Letters: Red Tractor interim chair apologises for auction mart remark

This week's letter from Red Tractor's Interim Chair Alistair Mackintosh

Rachael Brown
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Letters: Red Tractor interim chair apologises for auction mart remark

Mr McLeod raises valid concerns over my remark about auction marts featured in Farmers Guardian's Letters on July 12. The truth is auction marts remain essential to livestock farmers as a route to market,...

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