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	Podcast:		Farming Today
	Episode:		20/10/25 Planning reform, beer and growing hops.
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:11:59
	Publish Date:		2025-10-20 05:00:00
	Description:		The Government’s bill to ‘get Britain building’ returns to the House of Lords for its report stage. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill gained more than sixty Government amendments earlier this month to streamline the process and give ministers more power to grant permission for big planning projects. However conservation campaigners are not happy about the developments, and the Government's rhetoric. All this week we’re taking a look at the beer and cider industry, and the UK growers who make it possible. There are around 45 hop growers across the country, around half of them in the West Midlands. We speak to a farmer in Herefordshire as he harvests his crop and ask the Campaign for Real Ale about the market for home-grown hops. Presenter = Charlotte Smith Producer = Rebecca Rooney
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