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Farming Today: 23/02/21 - George Eustice on shellfish, flower pickers, on farm diversification and the future of farm payments

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23/02/21 - George Eustice on shellfish, flower pickers, on farm diversification and the future of farm payments

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 23/02/21 - George Eustice on shellfish, flower pickers, on farm diversification and the future of farm payments

Anna Hill quizzes DEFRA Secretary of State George Eustice.

DEFRA Secretary answers questions in a wide-ranging interview covering everything from shellfish to future farm payments.

Ahead of his speech at the National Farmers Union Conference - this year hosted virtually - the DEFRA Secretary, George Eustice, answers questions in a wide-ranging interview covering topics from the compensation for seafood businesses effected by export delays to the future of farm payments.

And the Marine Management Organisation is consulting on plans to prevent bottom trawling on the Dogger Bank and three other Marine Protected Areas.

Presented by Anna Hill
Producer for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons

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