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Farming Today: Aid for Small Dairy Farms, Complaints About Slurry, the Taste of Beef, UK Grown Soya

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26/04/2017

Aid for Small Dairy Farms, Complaints About Slurry, the Taste of Beef, UK Grown Soya

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Aid for Small Dairy Farms, Complaints About Slurry, the Taste of Beef, UK Grown Soya

Cash help of more than £8 million is being given to small dairy farms.

Cash help of more than £8 million is being given to smaller dairy farms. Is it a sticking plaster or will it make a real difference?

Cash help of more than £8m is being given to smaller dairy farms. Is it a sticking plaster or will it make a real difference?
Soya is a relatively new crop here in the UK, but over just the last year there has been a five-fold increase in the acreage being grown. 
Toby Field visits Pyne's Butchers in Somerset to meet Dr Phil Hadley who regularly conducts consumer-testing into the taste of beef. 
Water and air testing are underway in Templeton near Tiverton in Devon, following complaints of ill health at properties near a slurry pit.

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