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Farming Today: 30/03/24 Farming Today This Week: Protest at Westminster, cap on land taken out of food production, Brexit impacts on salmon.

30/03/24 Farming Today This Week: Protest at Westminster, cap on land taken out of food production, Brexit impacts on salmon.

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Tractors at Westminster as farmers protest.

Tractors at Westminster as farmers protest, and the environment secretary announces a limit to the amount of land farmers can put into environmental schemes in England.

Earlier this week English farmers drove tractors into London and held a rally outside Parliament, protesting at what they say is a lack of support for British food production. 

Just a few hours before that rally the Government announced a change in the rules for environmental schemes.  Farmers will now only be able to put 25% of their land into schemes which take land out of food production to try to address concerns about food security.  

Brexit has cost Scotland up to £100m a year in 'lost' salmon exports, MSPs were told this week.

Why is wool so worthless for farmers? The price they get for a fleece barely covers the cost of shearing.

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