Geoff Sansome: "The review will make recommendations on the most effective grazing and management regimes which will deliver sustainable and profitable agricultural production in Dartmoor"

Mr Sansome is head of agriculture at Natural England and gave his thoughts on the independent review of protected site management on Dartmoor

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Geoff Sansome, a Worcestershire farmer, said NE was working actively with Defra to propose ways how farmers delivering the highest level of environmental outcomes on SSSI can be better rewarded
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Geoff Sansome, a Worcestershire farmer, said NE was working actively with Defra to propose ways how farmers delivering the highest level of environmental outcomes on SSSI can be better rewarded

Recently I have been disappointed to see various reports on Natural England's (NE) so-called ‘anti-farming' culture. As both head of agriculture for NE and a partner in our family farm in Worcestershire,...

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