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[email protected] PB 13982 FOREWORD David Fursdon, Chair of the Future of Farming Review When someone visits a farm they will look for what is important to them. Everyone will look for different things. I am normally interested in the people. It is largely up to them whether or not it succeeds. This review is also about people. It is about new entrants certainly but a „new‟ entrant will before long become „old‟. So this review is also, inevitably, about progression. Fortunately as a country we have now accepted that food security is an issue. We also recognise that our environment is a priceless asset. Finally we recognise that our relationship with Europe is ever changing and we may have to look solely to world markets if our farming businesses are to survive long term. That will require the best new entrants to find ways to bring their new skills into agriculture and those in agriculture to continue to improve also.