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	Podcast:		Farming Today
	Episode:		30/09/2022: Scottish Rural Visas, English Vineyard, Flea Beetles and Pesticide Legislation
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:13:23
	Publish Date:		2022-09-30 05:00:00
	Description:		The Scottish Government wants to create a 'bespoke rural visa' to allow remote communities - and farms - to attract people from abroad to work, but it needs the Westminster Government’s approval, Charlotte hears from a Scottish minister. One of the newest English vineyards has just opened in Suffolk, Catherine Scarff left a job in the music industry, studied viticulture, and joined the family farm to start a new venture. Some agronomists reckon farmers will lose 20% of their crop to the flea beetle this year, one farmer near Cambridge explains how he has been affected. Meanwhile, as the Government plans to revoke pesticide legislation - when it removes EU laws from the statute books - ministers say that this will not come at the expense of high environmental standards, Matt Shardlow Chief Executive of Buglife is not convinced. Presenter: Charlotte Smith Producer: Alun Beach Editor: Dimitri Houtart
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