Article: Defra announce first results from monitoring the impact of 0% set aside rate.

M2 PRESSWIRE-30 January 2008-UK Government: Defra announce first results from monitoring the impact of 0% set aside rate(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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The amount of farm land left uncropped is likely to fall by more than 50 per cent in 2008, new results published today suggest.

The results from Defra's Farm Business Survey (FBS) , are in line with the departments earlier analysis of the likely impact of the decision by the EU to set the set aside rate to 0 per cent this year.

Within the overall change, the non-rotational area - land left out of production for more than a single year - is expected to fall by 35 per ...

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