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Farming Today: TB penalties, Farm fraud, Farming newcomers

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27/11/2014

TB penalties, Farm fraud, Farming newcomers

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, TB penalties, Farm fraud, Farming newcomers

There are fears that farmers will be targeted this Chirstmas by fraudsters for CAP money.

From next year, farmers in Wales will face penalties if they are just one day late with their TB testing. And fears fraudsters will target farmers this Christmas for CAP money.

Farmers in Wales will face penalties if they are just one day late with their TB testing. The Welsh government has announced that from the start of next year, farmers will lose money from their Single Farm Payment if they're not testing their cattle for TB on time. Farming Today hears from the Chief Vet for Wales and NFU Cymru.

Farmers are being warned this Christmas to be vigilant and not be tricked by fraudsters after their CAP money. The money from the EU Single Payment Scheme goes into farmers' accounts in early December. The body set up by the banking industry to fight fraud, Financial Fraud Action UK, says farmers are an attractive target for scammers who can steal thousands of pounds in one phone call.

It's difficult for young people to get into farming and this morning Farming Today continues to look at the next generation of young farmers. In Scotland, the Forestry Commission has taken positive action in helping them start their future and is leasing seven 'starter' farms on a 10 year lease on small parcels of land. Ninety people applied for the farms and Nancy Nicolson met one of the successful couples.

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