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Farming Today: 31/10/22 Bird flu compensation 'not fit for purpose', rural housing, Gloucester cattle

31/10/22 Bird flu compensation 'not fit for purpose', rural housing, Gloucester cattle

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 31/10/22 Bird flu compensation 'not fit for purpose', rural housing, Gloucester cattle

Calls for a better compensation scheme for farms hit by avian flu.

If the Government doesn't improve the compensation scheme available to farms hit by avian flu, more will go out of business. The stark warning comes from one of England's leading turkey producers as the UK is in the midst of the worst ever outbreak, with 200 confirmed incidents and hundreds of thousands of farmed birds culled. It's also having what the RSPB has called a 'catastrophic' effect on wild birds. Paul Kelly of Kelly Bronze Turkeys says the way the compensation system works isn't fair and is putting smaller producers out of business.

Where we build, what we build and the challenges for people who want to work and live in the countryside: we are going to be looking at this all week, from homelessness to affordable homes. 

One of Britain’s oldest and rarest cattle breeds, the Gloucester, is at the forefront of a push for more kitchens to serve traditional breed beef. But when budgets are being squeezed, is now the right time to promote such a premium product?

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