From the editor: 'Uncertainty' as countdown begins on the Welsh Government's Sustainable Farming Scheme consultation

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (March 1)

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From the editor: 'Uncertainty' as countdown begins on the Welsh Government's Sustainable Farming Scheme consultation

As the final countdown begins on the Welsh Government's Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) consultation, the strength of feeling - of uncertainty and despair - about the direction of the country's farming...

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