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Farming Today: 30/04/24 - Border checks, global disease monitoring and integrated pest management

30/04/24 - Border checks, global disease monitoring and integrated pest management

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 30/04/24 - Border checks, global disease monitoring and integrated pest management

Importers worry new border checks will be unaffordable.

Anna Hill looks at the impact of new border checks for imports of food and plants coming into the UK from the EU.

New border checks for imports of food and plants coming into the UK from the EU, start 30th April 2024. Some farming groups have been calling for these checks for some time - saying they will give producers here more of a level playing field with EU producers, because UK exports have had similar checks since Brexit. But some importers say inspection costs are prohibitive.

We hear from the conference to celebrate the World Organisation for Animal Health's 100th anniversary, where avian flu is on the agenda.

And, we’re getting to the time of year where young plants in the field are susceptible to pest damage. Rather than rely on chemicals to fight them off, under the Sustainable Farming Incentive, which is part of England's new farm payment system replacing EU subsidies, farmers can be paid for using "Integrated Pest Management". We visit a farm to hear how it works.

Presented by Anna Hill
Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons

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