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Farming Today: 26/05/23 Bill dropped which bans animal exports; Increased payments for upland farmers; Dutch farmers

26/05/23 Bill dropped which bans animal exports; Increased payments for upland farmers; Dutch farmers

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 26/05/23 Bill dropped which bans animal exports; Increased payments for upland farmers; Dutch farmers

The government drops the bill which bans the live export of animals.

The government drops the bill which bans the live export of animals. Charlotte Smith gets reaction from 'Compassion in World Farming.'

The government has dropped the Kept Animals Bill. It would have banned the live export of animals from the UK . The commitment to banning the export of live animals for slaughter was made in the Conservative Party's election manifesto in 2019 and the bill would also have brought in new measures to tackle dogs worrying livestock and puppy farming. The Farming Minister Mark Spencer told the House of Commons the bill "risked being extended" beyond its original commitments and was being dropped. Compassion in World Farming has long campaigned against live exports and has condemned the move.

Some English farmers are celebrating a government u-turn on payments to hill farms. Charlotte Smith finds out what the changes are and what they could mean for farmers.

This week the World Farmers Organisation has been meeting in South Africa and so all this week Farming Today is looking at some of the challenges facing farmers around the world. Today we report from the Netherlands, where there are radical proposals to reduce the number of farms.

Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

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