20/07/21 - Free farming advice, A meadow nature reserve, Wild verges

Farming Today

• Episode: 20/07/21 - Free farming advice, A meadow nature reserve, Wild verges
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:13:37
• Published: 2021-07-20 07:00

A new government fund has been made available to help farmers access specialist advice about how they transition from the old Basic Payment Scheme of direct farm payments, and into the new ELMS scheme, which will give public money for public good. Sybil Ruscoe speaks to the Farming Minister Victoria Prentis about the fund, the advice that will be available, and whether it's the money being promised will be enough. Farmer Tim Hankins has taken part in the pilot scheme and he says it's changed the way he runs his business. It's meadows week on Farming Today and this morning Kingcombe nature reserve is the destination where the Wildlife Trust are working to put farming and conservation side by side. And Steve Knibbs reports on some of the councils who are letting some of their verges run wild. Presenter: Sybil Ruscoe Producer in Bristol: Toby Field