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Letters: "Hill farming's role in our traditional integrated agricultural system needs recognition"

This week from ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Guardian readers: Hilary Wilson, Appleby, highlights concerns about vegetation overgrowth following livestock removal and the importance of hill farming in maintaining biodiversity and landscape heritage

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Letters: "Hill farming's role in our traditional integrated agricultural system needs recognition"

I found the item about Chris Packham and his organisation in a recent edition rather surprising. READ NOW: High Court rules Dartmoor Commons have been 'mismanaged' by overstocking I have just attended...

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