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	Podcast:		Farming Today
	Episode:		12/02/25 Farm minister at Norfolk Show, rural foodbanks, deer and woodland.
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:13:39
	Publish Date:		2025-02-12 06:00:00
	Description:		Farmers have vowed to continue protesting at the government's decision to implement inheritance tax on their businesses. The rate at which they are taxed is half that of other businesses, 20 percent, but farmers still say many of them will have to sell up, to pay it. We speak to the farm minister Daniel Zeichner who took questions at the Norfolk farming conference. He said the money raised from inheritance tax was necessary to support public funds. He said the government was trying to help farmers become more profitable, and that they must take up new opportunities to secure their businesses. All this week we’re looking at rural community champions, the people who make a difference to the communities where they live. Today we meet a pair who run a food bank which helps people in rural Essex. Wild deer are often considered by landowners as something of a pest. They eat new growth and damage young trees and mature woodland. However, scientists at Bangor University studied fallow deer in North Wales and by analysing the DNA in the deer droppings, found the animals were browsing more brambles than young trees. Presenter = Anna Hill Producer = Rebecca Rooney
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