Hill Farmers Must Change Methods, Says National Trust ; Hill Farmers Should Be Paid to Protect Water Quality, Wildlife, Carbon Stores and Upland Landscapes, According to the National Trust.

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Hill farmers should be paid to protect water quality, wildlife, carbon stores and upland landscapes, according to the National Trust.

The conservation group said upland farming would change radically over the next decade and, where once farmers concentrated on producing meat, in the future they may focus on farming in other ways.

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Hill Farmers Must Change Methods, Says National Trust ; Hill Farmers Should Be Paid to Protect Water Quality, Wildlife, Carbon Stores and Upland Landscapes, According to the National Trust.

Costs of production and falling returns from sales were currently hitting upland farmers hard, but in the coming years, payments wou...

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