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Funding boost for farmers to tackle water pollution

The Yorkshire Times reports that the Government has announced a programme to support farmers across the country to reduce water and air pollution from their land

In collaboration with Natural England and the Environment Agency, DEFRA will provide free one-to-one advice to farmers to help them with their management of farmyard manure and soils among other things which causes pollution.

The annual budget for this programme will be £30m, up from previous projects at £16.6m in 2020 / 21.

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The Yorkshire Times - Funding Boost For Farmers To Tackle Water Pollution