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Barclays signs on UK rugby referee Nigel Owens for £250m agri-tech scheme

The Rugby World Cup and Six Nations referee also operates a cattle farm in Carmarthen, Wales

Barclays signs on UK rugby referee Nigel Owens for £250m agri-tech scheme

Barclays has teamed up with Welsh rugby union referee and cattle farmer Nigel Owens to launch a £250m scheme focused on technological innovation in agriculture.

The bank said that Owens’s presence on the campaign would increase awareness of the benefits of the country’s farmers becoming carbon neutral.

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