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	Podcast:		Farming Today
	Episode:		Balancing farming and the Environment, flood defence, trade post Brexit
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:11:40
	Publish Date:		2019-02-18 00:00:00
	Description:		How to balance protecting the environment with the need to feed a growing population is the conundrum facing UK agriculture today. Sybil hears from Oxford University’s Dieter Helm, an expert in climate change, biodiversity and agriculture. We report on a tree planting pilot scheme in Nottinghamshire aimed at reducing flooding. With six weeks to go until Brexit deadline day - the country's biggest pork producer is calling for more government help to set up trade deals with the EU and other countries to prevent a big bump in business post Brexit. Presented by Sybil Ruscoe Produced by Alun Beach.
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