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	Podcast:		Farming Today
	Episode:		21/10/22 - Farm planning with politics in turmoil, a BBC Food and Farming Award finalist and education through farming
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:13:22
	Publish Date:		2022-10-21 05:00:00
	Description:		Farmers say they need some certainty to be able to plan their businesses. With a new Prime Minister incoming will the current agricultural policy still be the policy next month? At the moment that policy includes a 'rapid review' of ELMs (Environmental Land Management Schemes) which have been developed to pay farmers in England for public goods - things like using fewer pesticides or planting hedgerows. The direct subsidy paid to them is being phased out leaving a hole in many farm accounts - though there have been rumours that might change. Conservationists are worried - the Wildlife Trusts say they're 'increasingly concerned' that ELMs will be watered down, while farmers ask if this - or the next - government will fully fund the schemes.
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