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Farmers' mental health impacted by high input costs

The NFU said the Government needs to take further action to support farmers with spiralling production costs and the impact on their mental health

Rachael Brown
clock 鈥� 1 min read
Farmers' mental health impacted by high input costs

A survey by the NFU has found that soaring costs of production over the past 18 months has contributed to the poor mental health of farmers and food producers. Over 68% of farmers said that spiralling...

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