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Farming Today: 15/12/22 - ELMs, rolling in the frost, Guernsey glyphosate ban and cheese making

15/12/22 - ELMs, rolling in the frost, Guernsey glyphosate ban and cheese making

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 15/12/22 - ELMs, rolling in the frost, Guernsey glyphosate ban and cheese making

‘Bold decisive action’ needed on England’s farm payment schemes.

Banks and supermarkets join environmental groups and farmers to call for ‘bold decisive action’ on England’s farm payment schemes.

Supermarkets, banks, farmers and environmental groups are calling for more ambition and "bold, decisive action" on Environmental Land Management Schemes - the new payments which will replace the EU subsidy system in England. In a joint statement, organisations ranging from Tesco to the World Wildlife Fund warned that farmers and land managers urgently need "vision, clarity and detail" on the roll out of the new schemes. The Environment Secretary Therese Coffey has promised details of DEFRA’s ‘rapid review’ in the New Year. 

The cold and frosty weather has been creating the perfect conditions for farmers to try a novel technique of killing off cover crops - crushing them with a large roller pulled on the back of a tractor. We join one farmer as he gives it a go for the first time.

Guernsey could become the first part of the British Isles to ban farmers using the herbicide glyphosate. Across the UK, a number of councils have stopped using the chemical – but the plan to completely ban the product from the island is facing strong political opposition, while the island’s farming community is also lining up against the scheme. 

And we catch up with a farming family in Suffolk, 10 years after they set up a cheese making business.

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