Better Year Ahead Say Region's Farm Leaders

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AHIGHER national profile for farming, a promising year ahead for Westcountry livestock, improved dairy production in the South West in 2010, and a determination to keep bluetongue disease away from our shores - those are among the New Year aspirations from agricultural leaders.

Tenant Farmers' Association chairman, Greg Bliss, in his New Year Message to members, has called for the re-establishment of a dedicated Governmental Cabinet post for agriculture and food.

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Better Year Ahead Say Region's Farm Leaders

"There is nothing more basic to our future sustainability as a nation as our ability to feed ourselves," he said. "Although the Government believes that as a rich nation we could, if...

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