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The news that the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) will fail to meet its target of paying 95% of single farm payments by the end of March has been met with anger from farming leaders.

A report by Johann Tasker in the Farmers Weekly says that the worst winter weather for 100 years will cost farmers more than £100m.

According to the United Nations, global food prices have hit record highs and could rise even further.  The UN's Food Price Index rose 2.2% in Febru

The property website, Property Talk Live (www.propertytalklive.co.uk) suggests that homes in the countryside have become increasingly unaffordable for local people over the last ten years, leaving