Look at the plan below. The counties outlined in red are Beds, Berks, Bucks, Oxon, Gloucs, Wilts, Hants, Surrey and Sussex. Together they extend to approx 23,700 sq km. Remember this figure. It's important and I'll come back to it in a minute. In late January this year, the Government launched a particularly dry and nondescript document called the 'Land Use Consultation' (ihttps://consult.defra.gov.uk/land-use-framework/land-use-consultation/). It explains the vision that the Government has for future land use and how it proposes to deliver it. It notes that whilst much of England (and the document only deals with England) can be considered 'rural', approximately 70% is in 'agricultural use'. According to gov.uk, this equates to approximately 16.8 million hectares. According to the document, it is envisaged that environmental goals will require a reduction in the agricultural area of England from the existing 70% to 60% by 2050. With 70% of the existing land area in agricultural use being 16.8 million ha, 60% would therefore equal 14.4 million ha. This means the Government is suggesting reducing the farmed area of England by 2.4 million ha in one generation. How big is 2.4 million hectares you ask? .............it's 24,000 square kilometres. That's right, our government is openly proposing to remove an area the size of those counties combined on the map from agriculture - within a single generation to meet our 'environmental goals' (not 'obligations', but 'goals'). All those tax and policy changes and the news that Natural England is acquiring compulsory purchase powers starts to paint a picture of forced change at high speed for the farming sector. Remember The Hunger Games movie? We are basically going to end up being districts