SUPPORT FOR DAIRY FARMERS IN LANCASHIRE

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at end add 'further notes that DEFRA expects the net farm income for dairy farms in England to increase from ú14,000 in 2000-01 by 120 per cent. to ú32,000 in 2001-02 and that the previous decline in farm incomes has been matched by a major increase in the values of farm assets with the average price of farm land appreciating by 20 per cent. in the past year following above inflation increase in values of farms and farm buildings over the past decade.'.