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Farming Today: 16/05/22 Water quality; vet shortage; Northumberland show

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16/05/22 Water quality; vet shortage; Northumberland show

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 16/05/22 Water quality; vet shortage; Northumberland show

Government responds to water quality recommendations. Northumberland Show. Vet Shortages.

Ministers promise more money for slurry storage but reject calls for tougher planning rules in response to water quality report.

Vet shortages.

The return of the county show.

The Government’s rejected calls to stop intensive poultry and livestock farms being built to protect rivers from pollution - but says it will work with farmers to improve water quality in England. It has published a response to a report from MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee. Ministers say there will be money for farmers to improve their slurry storage and says more advice and funding will be available via the Catchment Sensitive Farming Programme and the new Environmental Land Management schemes. However, the committee says it's concerned that the Government has rejected many of its recommendations around agricultural pollution.

It’s estimated around seven million people a year attend agricultural and county shows in the UK. The Northumberland County Show draws a crowd of 30,000 – in a county of just 300,000 people and that number has been growing in recent years. We speak to the farmers who can't wait to get back into the showground.

There's a shortage of farm vets in the UK which the British veterinary association warns could have an impact on animal welfare. We speak to the British Veterinary Association about the problems and some of the solutions.

Presenter = Charlotte Smith
Producer = Rebecca Rooney

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