{"id":9066,"date":"2021-02-01T11:34:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T10:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=9066"},"modified":"2021-02-01T11:34:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T10:34:39","slug":"farming-subsidies-the-inside-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=9066","title":{"rendered":"Farming Subsidies- The Inside Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Farming Subsidies- The Inside Story<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9067\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=9067\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FarmLetter.jpg?fit=1000%2C1100\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1100\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FarmLetter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FarmLetter.jpg?fit=273%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FarmLetter.jpg?fit=860%2C946\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9067 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FarmLetter.jpg?resize=860%2C946\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FarmLetter.jpg?w=1000 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FarmLetter.jpg?resize=273%2C300 273w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FarmLetter.jpg?resize=931%2C1024 931w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/FarmLetter.jpg?resize=768%2C845 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farming Subsidies- The Inside Story &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[334,128],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-2me","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4680,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=4680","url_meta":{"origin":9066,"position":0},"title":"Photography Exhibition","author":"Alan Williams","date":"27th May 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 A YEAR IN THEIR LIVES & OTHER WORK Twyn Yr Odyn photographer Roy Carr has spent the last year developing a documentary project on sheep farming, taking an interest in the Cynon Valley where he has worked with three farms. 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