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NFU secures Environment Agency climbdown on farm water rules

More than 150 farmers and growers in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire will now be able to resume abstraction following ban

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The Environment Agency has rowed back on its abstraction ban
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The Environment Agency has rowed back on its abstraction ban

A move to stop hundreds of farmers being prevented from abstracting water has been overturned by the NFU. More than 150 farmers and growers in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire will now be able to...

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