07/01/22 The Secretary of State for the Environment at the Oxford Farming Conference
Land use change for nature won鈥檛 impact food production, says Defra secretary George Eustice.
The Secretary of State for the Environment, George Eustice, told the Oxford Farming Conference that taking land out of food production to help reach the Government's targets on nature and climate won鈥檛 impact on how much food is produced here. We talk to him about farm payments and the British person with avian flu.
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