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Farming Today: 31/01/22 Otters; Tenant farmers; Brexit two years on

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31/01/22 Otters; Tenant farmers; Brexit two years on

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 31/01/22 Otters; Tenant farmers; Brexit two years on

Otters in decline; Tenant farmer taskforce; Brexit's impact two years on.

Welsh otter numbers are declining, conservationists are now surveying the population in England. New review into support for tenant farmers. Brexit two years on.

An unexpected decline in Wales' otter population is being described as a "wake up call" about the state of the UK's rivers. The first national survey in more than a decade found fewer signs of the mammal on almost all waterways. A check on numbers in England has now been commissioned in response.

An independent review is to look into better support for tenant farmers in England - the Tenancy Working Group has been announced by DEFRA and follows criticism of the way the new Environmental Land Management Schemes work for farmers who don’t own the land they farm.  A third of agricultural land in England is farmed by tenants and the Tenant Farmers Association welcomes the review

It's two years since Britain left the EU, we speak to the International Chamber of Commerce about what kind of impact Brexit's having on food and farming. It believes new technologies will help drive down costs for businesses and prices for consumers.

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