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Date Title & Description Contributors
2024-11-15

  15/11/24 - Scotland's Rural Affairs Cabinet Secretary, Farmer Time

The budget for agriculture in Scotland comes from the UK Government - but as of two weeks ago, it’s no longer ring fenced. The change has attracted criticism from farming groups. But the DEFRA Secretary, Steve Reed, has defended the decision, saying h... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2024-11-14

  14/11/24 Regenerative agriculture and advertising standards, Scottish payments for farmers, Rothbury Estate

The Advertising Standards Authority has issued guidance to advertisers to make sure consumers aren't misled about the term "regenerative agriculture".Scotland's first minister John Swinney says inheritance tax changes in the budget are causing unaccept... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2024-11-13

  13/11/24 - Seafood carbon emission, Crofters Bill and NI sheep taskforce

A new tool is being used by the seafood sector to collate carbon emissions data from all along the supply chain - from farming catching the fish in the wild, all the way through to processing and packing.The Scottish Government is consulting on a new C... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2024-11-12

  12/11/24 - Avian flu in American cows, Scottish Agriculture Act, apple harvest

Bird flu is back in the UK. Two years ago a strain of the virus called H5N1 caused outbreaks across the world, killing millions of birds, on poultry farms and in the wild. In America, that same strain has infected dairy cows on nearly 500 different far... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2024-11-09

  09/11/24 Farming Today This Week: Saltmarshes, Treating Sheep Disease, Budget Reaction

On the programme this week, we investigate concerns over plans for new saltmarshes near the Hinkley C nuclear power plant. Upland sheep farmers tell us why they're struggling with the phasing out of the Basic Payment Scheme. We visit the islands of ... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2024-11-07

  07/11/24 - Inheritance tax details, mobile sheep dips and salt-marsh plants

Many farming families are extremely concerned about the future of their farms, after the Government introduced inheritance tax on farmland in the Budget. But there’s a lot of confusion about how much inheritance tax farmers will have to pay. We invite ... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2024-11-05

  05/11/24 - DEFRA Secretary on inheritance tax, Basic Payments and the National Living Wage

The DEFRA Secretary has defended the Government's decision to introduce inheritance tax on agricultural assets. Steve Reed tells Anna Hill the wealthiest landowners and farmers "can afford to contribute more". It comes after inheritance tax of 20% is b... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2024-11-04

  04/11/24 Row over new chair for Dartmoor land use group, sheep, saltmarsh.

There's a row about a new Land Management Group for Dartmoor. There's been a lot of controversy about the state of the environment and grazing sheep there. The new group's been set up to bring together farmers, commoners and environmental groups to s... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2024-11-02

  02/11/24 Farming Today This Week: Farmers react to the Budget

Following the Budget, Caz Graham is in Cumbria to hear farmers' reactions to the news that inheritance tax will apply to farms from April 2026.The National Farmers' Union tells us farming is being "bled dry" and has "nothing left to give".The Minister ... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2024-11-01

  01/11/24 Budget: upland farmers and environmental schemes, tax rules, home nations. Soil surveys

As part of the budget, farmers in England have been told direct payments will be phased out more quickly than originally planned. Under the EU system farmers were paid subsidy based on the amount of land they farmed - that system is being replaced with... 		  BBC Radio 4 author