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	Podcast:		Farming Today
	Episode:		30/05/25 - Galloway National Park turned down, the impact of deer and rare breed passion
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:14:03
	Publish Date:		2025-05-30 05:00:00
	Description:		Plans for a new National Park in Galloway and Ayrshire have been dropped. The Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary, Mairi Gougeon, has announced that following a consultation, the park doesn't have enough support locally, and so will not go ahead. In the Broads National Park in Norfolk, a rise in the number of deer is having an impact on habitats and farmland. A drone survey to asses the numbers has revealed as many as 20 per square km. Work is underway to generate a market for local venison to help support culling. And we meet Vice Chair of the Rare Breed Survival Trust, Ryan Perry. He started off feeding the pigs at his local city farm in Gateshead at the age of 7, where he fell in love with Tamworths. Now he's on a smallholding where he keeps pigs, three breeds of sheep, goats, poultry and cattle...alongside a full time job in the NHS as a biomedical scientist. Presented by Charlotte Smith Produced by Heather Simons
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