Article: U-turn on plan to sell council farms

Plans to sell-off 101 council-owned farms in Staffordshire are set to be scrapped following protests.

Members of Staffordshire County Council's cabinet are expected to approve the U-turn at a meeting on Wednesday.

Instead, council leaders plan to get rid of just 46 of the farms and plough pounds1 million into the service over the next five years.

The latest proposal follows four months of consultation into the future of the council's pounds55.5 million 121-farm estate, which covers 8,700 acres.

Farms have been rented out by the council for more than 100 years to encourage young people into the profession.

But farmers reacted with anger when the council started reviewing its agricultural ...

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