Farmers to be paid for environmental improvements

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Environmental land management scheme to reimburse farmers for enhancing wildlife habitats, improving water quality, and creating woodland

Farmers will receive payments for improving wildlife habitats, raising water quality, and creating woodland under a new government initiative. From 2016 the environmental land management scheme will...

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