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Farming Today: 07/10/20 - George Eustice on ELMS and Nigel Owens on cattle versus rugby players.

US secretary of agriculture, EFRA Committee reports, haricot beans

07/10/20 - George Eustice on ELMS and Nigel Owens on cattle versus rugby players.

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 07/10/20 - George Eustice on ELMS and Nigel Owens on cattle versus rugby players.

How will the new Environmental Land Management Schemes actually work?

How will the new Environmental Land Management Schemes actually work? We have an in depth interview with the DEFRA Secretary, George Eustice.

Under the new Environmental Land Management Schemes farmers will be paid 'public money for public goods', but how will it actually work? Anna Hill speaks in depth with DEFRA Secretary, George Eustice.

And with weeks to go till the 6 Nations Rugby Championships begin again after being stopped early by COVID, we speak to referee Nigel Owens, who as well as keeping order on the pitch, is also a beef farmer and newly appointed President of the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs. 

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