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Market forecasts suggest favourable outlook
DOMESTIC sheepmeat supplies are forecast to fall still further in the coming year, according to the initial 2010 market outlook from EBLEX.
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Green funding boost from Carbon Trust
ENGLISH farmers will be eligible for unsecured, interest-free loans to help them upgrade to more energy-efficient equipment, under a new scheme which began this month.
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Government's green scheme 'not enough' to attract farmers
THE Government's Feed-in Tariffs or "Clean Energy Cashback" scheme, announced on Monday (February 1), does not go far enough to attract farmers and growers, the NFU has claimed.
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