11/06/21 EU vet agreement; Pigs; New entrants to farming

Farming Today

• Episode: 11/06/21 EU vet agreement; Pigs; New entrants to farming
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:13:38
• Published: 2021-06-11 07:00

Farmers and food producers have been bogged down with border checks and paperwork since we left the EU. Now the SPS - Sanitary and Phytosanitary – Certification Group, which includes vets, growers, processors and farmers, is calling on the government to get a new veterinary agreement with the EU as a case of urgency. It says restrictions are causing a fall in British exports and threatening the viability of businesses. The Welsh pig is industry is tiny compared to beef and lamb, and most production is on a small scale. The Welsh government is investing £1.29 million to encourage more people to produce pork. In order to attract more youngsters into farming, the government’s thinking about giving farmers “exit payments” when they retire from the industry. One farming family in Lincolnshire say that’s not the answer. They believe the money should be used to encourage people from different backgrounds to take up farming. Presenter = Caz Graham Producer = Rebecca Rooney