Subsidy Payments and Disease on Farms
Farmers continue to wait for their subsidy payments despite the Rural Payments Agency saying that 70% of payments have been made as of the end of January.
Farmers still waiting for their subsidy payments are becoming increasingly frustrated but the Rural Payment Agency says that 70 per cent of payments have been made as of the end of January.
Andrew Dawes visits a farmer trying to keep a rare-breed of sheep alive. Paula Wolton keeps Whiteface Dartmoors and promotes the breed by taking her shepherds hut on the road with her project 'One Hut Full'.
Also, later this week the National Office for Animal Health will publish an update to its report on antibiotic resistance in animals, and so all this week we'll be looking at on-farm disease control: how to stop infections getting onto the farm, and what to do if they do arrive. We kick off the week with Nigel Gibbens, chief vet for England.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Martin Poyntz-Roberts.
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