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Land Use Framework 'complacent' towards UK food production

The NFU said that with no legislative target for food production, it was the ‘poor relation' in negotiations and believed the Government was wrong to assume farm productivity levels would compensate for the loss of agricultural land

Rachael Brown
Chief Reporter
clock • 4 min read
Land Use Framework 'complacent' towards UK food production

The Land Use Framework proposal as it stands is ‘complacent' towards food production and ‘takes it for granted'. READ NOW: Latest milk prices for dairy farmers That was the overriding concern raised...

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