Growers call for help with energy prices amid shortages
The government should provide more support to growers of salad items, with production expected to fall to the lowest level since records began as high energy costs bite, the head of the National Farmers Union said on Tuesday, February 21.
Horticulture has been excluded from a government Energy and Trade Intensive Industries scheme (ETII) that provides help with energy costs, while
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