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Industry losing confidence in Scotland's 'hardened green agenda'

NFU Scotland have expressed concerns that policy has 鈥榮wung too far the other way' and there was no longer a 鈥榖alanced approach' to farming committed to meeting both food security and environmental needs

Rachael Brown
Chief Reporter
clock 鈥� 5 min read
Industry losing confidence in Scotland's 'hardened green agenda'

Farmers and crofters have 鈥榯otally lost confidence' in the Scottish Government's future plans for agriculture and accused ministers of 鈥榟ardening their green agenda'. Speaking at the Royal Highland...

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