09/06/21 Grants for farmers to plant trees, planning for ELMS, butchery business recovering from Covid-19

Farming Today

• Episode: 09/06/21 Grants for farmers to plant trees, planning for ELMS, butchery business recovering from Covid-19
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:13:34
• Published: 2021-06-09 07:00

The Forestry Commission has announced new grants totalling nearly £16 million for farmers to plant more trees. Anna Hill talks to the chair of the Forestry Commission to find out how it will work. Might organic farming look more attractive, now farm subsidies are changing post-Brexit? We meet a farmer who is making the change to organic. As we've been hearing all week, the pig industry faced serious challenges during the pandemic. One Norfolk farmer tells Anna how Covid-19 affected his business, which is closely linked to the hospitality sector. Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Beatrice Fenton.