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EU backtracks on 2027 target for use of smartphones in farm controls
The integration of digital technology into the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been hailed as a way of reducing the administrative burden of controls on farmers. However, on Thursday (11 July), member states gave the green light to a Commission …