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"path": "/2026/05/15/is-scotlands-grassland-greening-scheme-on-pause/",
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"site": "https://theorkneynews.scot",
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"textContent": "Scotland’s Farming Union, NFU Scotland, has written to the new Scottish SNP Government about rumours that it may pause the permanent grassland greening scheme. The scheme came under a lot of criticism in Orkney about the possible implications it would have on farming in the islands. In his visit to the islands in February First […]",
"title": "Is Scotland’s Grassland Greening Scheme on Pause?"
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