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The Spending Review: Farmers will 'abandon nature-friendly practices' if funding is cut

A CLA poll has found farmers will have to revert to intensive farming if funding is pulled for environmental schemes

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The Spending Review: Farmers will 'abandon nature-friendly practices' if funding is cut

Farmers will abandon nature-friendly practices and revert to intensive farming methods if funding is cut for environmental schemes. That was the warning from the CLA ahead of the Spending Review tomorrow...

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