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Farming Today: 14/04/22 - Australia trade deal, Lump Sum Exit scheme, new entrants and tractor driving

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14/04/22 - Australia trade deal, Lump Sum Exit scheme, new entrants and tractor driving

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 14/04/22 - Australia trade deal, Lump Sum Exit scheme, new entrants and tractor driving

The Trade and Agricultural Commission's response to the UK-Australia trade deal.

The Trade and Agricultural Commission has released its report looking into the possible impact of the UK-Australia trade deal.

There are concerns that the UK-Australia trade deal will be detrimental to farmers here in the UK, by allowing Australian imports produced to a lower standard into the country. Ministers asked the Trade and Agricultural Commission to scrutinise the agreement to establish the impact the deal will have on the UK, and the TAC has just released its report. It concludes that these worries are 'overblown'.

This week we're talking to new entrants about getting into the farming industry and hearing how one of the hardest parts can be finding land. The government hopes that offering English farmers £100,000 to retire will help, as part of it's Lump Sum Exit scheme. Some farmers contemplating the scheme say it's not quite that simple, but the Tenant Farmers' Association think for farmers renting their land, it could be a way in to the industry. 

And on the theme of new entrants, we meet some young men learning to drive tractors in Lincolnshire and a young woman speaking to us from a lambing shed in Exmoor, about her own journey into farming. Emily Davis was first advised to study architecture, but instead chose farming despite no family links to agriculture. She says experience abroad can be a great way into agriculture.

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