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Farming Today: 13/04/24 - Farming Today This Week: Changes to flood payments, bird flu in cattle and SSSIs

13/04/24 - Farming Today This Week: Changes to flood payments, bird flu in cattle and SSSIs

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 13/04/24 - Farming Today This Week: Changes to flood payments, bird flu in cattle and SSSIs

Changes are made to the Farming Recovery Fund.

Changes are made after storm-hit farmers report 'major issues' with the government's Farming Recovery Fund.

Changes have been made to the UK Government's Farming Recovery Fund after the NFU reported "major issues" with the scheme. The Fund was announced back in January, to provide up to £25,000 to farmers affected by Storm Henck to go towards repairs to their land. Four months later, this week the Government opened that fund to applications...and almost immediately some farmers reported problems... 

We are still in the midst of the worst Avian Flu outbreak we have ever seen - the highly infectious strain of the virus has reached every continent except Australia. Now, dairy cows on several farms in the USA have been infected with bird flu and a farm worker there has also tested positive. We hear from a virologist about what it could mean for farmers here.

And who should decide whether an area of land is of such great environmental importance it should be given legal protection? Currently, it's the Government’s advisor for the natural environment "Natural England", which has the power to designate Sites of Special Scientific Interest. But a group of Conservative MPs wants that to change - with the final decision being made by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs instead.

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