NFU Conference 2017

Farming Today

• Episode: NFU Conference 2017
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:13:12
• Published: 2017-02-22 01:00

Anna Hill is at the NFU Conference in Birmingham, where farmers were hoping for more details of a post-agricultural agricultural policy from the keynote speaker, the Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom. In the event the only new announcement was the promise of a 75% bridging payment for farmers who haven't had their EU subsidy by the end of March. Mark Smalley asks a major poultry farmer whether British animal welfare standards could be compromised if the UK reaches a trade deal with other countries where standards are lower. Produced by Sally Challoner.