Video: Truss to press EU for three-crop rule review
Defra secretary Liz Truss will contact new EU farm commissioner Phil Hogan today (11 September) to press for an early review of the three-crop rule.
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Speaking on the three-crop rule during a farm visit in Norfolk Ms Truss said: “We want farmers to be able to produce the food that people want to buy, not what is written on the list and not a tick box process.”
She added that she was keen to work with Mr Hogan who takes up his post on 1 November.
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