Sustainable Farming Incentive Debate
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Caroline Voaden
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(2 days, 18 hours ago)
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Daniel Zeichner
We made the decision yesterday because we reached that point.
Caroline Voaden (South Devon) (LD)
It is beginning to feel a little like a game of Top Trumps in who can cause the most financial unpredictability to farmers, be it through the botched ELMS roll-out or the cancellation of this scheme at a moment’s notice. Half of Britain’s fruit and veg farmers expect to go out of business. The Minister says that he will support farmers to be profitable through fairer supply chains, but will he explain what that will look like?