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	Podcast:		Farming Today
	Episode:		08/07/21 - New payments for soil, A farm haven for birds, Rewilding the Estate
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:13:35
	Publish Date:		2021-07-08 05:00:00
	Description:		The government has said what it will pay farmers to improve their soils under the new Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme. Anna Hill hears from farmer Richard Heady who is questioning the cost-benefits of implementing the scheme, and she asks Matt Culley from the National Farmers' Union for their response. Paul Murphy reports on an Estate near Lincoln which has plans to rewild 900 acres of arable land. For farmland bird week Bob Walker visits a farm in Nottinghamshire to find out about a project which aims to link environmentally-sensitive sites. Presenter: Anna Hill Producer in Bristol: Toby Field
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