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Shropshire Farming Talk: The Rural Voice, can it be heard on July 4?

With the General Election approaching, rural voters are pondering their place in today's political landscape.

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Shropshire Star farming columnist Keith Fowles.

Has the countryside been marginalised, and can its concerns ever be heard in Westminster?

Since the 1970s, employment in agriculture has fallen from 400,000 to below 200,000.

This decline has reduced the number of people directly or indirectly connected to the land.