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Farming Today: 19/10/23 Welsh farming budget; Scottish floods; Drone course

19/10/23 Welsh farming budget; Scottish floods; Drone course

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 19/10/23 Welsh farming budget; Scottish floods; Drone course

Cuts to Welsh farming budget, flooded Scottish farms, plus course for agricultural drones.

Welsh Farmers say budget cuts will put environmental targets at risk. Flooded Scottish farmers brace themselves for more bad weather. A course to use drones in agriculture.

Farmers are warning that cuts to the rural affairs budget in Wales are a significant blow which puts environmental targets at risk. The Farmers Union of Wales and NFU Cymru have both criticised the Welsh Government, which in an emergency budget announced cuts across departments. About 8% of the rural affairs budget, will go, that is around £37 and a half million.

Farmers in Scotland are bracing themselves for more bad weather.  The Met office is forecasting 'unprecedented levels of rain'. This follows hard on the heels of heavy rain and flooding in Argyll, Aberdeenshire and Tayside when fields with crops were submerged for days. 

Drones are already being used for photography and surveying farms, and drones which spray aren't far behind. Harper Adams is the first university to offer a qualification in using drones for agriculture. We meet the people running the course and the people learning how to operate them.

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Producer = Rebecca Rooney

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