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	Podcast:		Farming Today
	Episode:		15/07/25 Welsh sustainable farming scheme, blueberries, solar farms on farmland.
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:14:01
	Publish Date:		2025-07-15 05:00:00
	Description:		Farmers and environmentalists are bracing themselves as major changes to the financial support system for agriculture in Wales are announced today. Agriculture is devolved, and policy is decided separately in Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Welsh government will publish details of its sustainable farming scheme or SFS later. Plant breeders in Scotland have unveiled a UK-bred blueberry. The James Hutton Institute has grown thousands of seedlings to develop a berry with good flavour, yield and able to tolerate the UK climate. They plan to call the new variety Highland Charm. The Countryside Charity CPRE says new analysis shows that two-thirds of mega solar farms are built on productive farmland. They'd like to see more solar power generated from rooftop systems instead. Presenter: Anna Hill Producer: Rebecca Rooney
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