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English farmland area at lowest ever in 2024

It comes as the Government consults on further reductions

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English farmland area at lowest ever in 2024

The English farmland area is 9% smaller than it was 40 years ago, as the Government consults on further reductions in its Land Use Framework. In its long-running June survey, Defra figures show that...

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