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Government limits the amount of land farmers can take out of food production under SFI

Under the changes, new SFI applicants will only be able to put 25 per cent of their land into six SFI actions that take land out of direct food production

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Government limits the amount of land farmers can take out of food production under SFI

The Government has announced new measures limiting the amount of land farmers can put into actions which take land out of direct food production under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). Food security...

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