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15/06/21 The new Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary on the Australian trade deal, Welsh Nitrate Vulnerable Zones, Joss Naylor

The new Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary, Mairi Gougeon, asks for more detail from Westminster about safeguards for farmers, in the prospective Australia trade deal.

The new Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary, Mairi Gougeon, asks for more detail from Westminster about safeguards for farmers, in the prospective Australia trade deal.
In Wales controversial new Welsh government regulations designed to tackle agricultural pollution in rivers are to be reviewed, just two months after they started to take effect. Since April the whole of Wales has been designated a nitrate vulnerable zone meaning stricter rules apply to the storage and use of slurry and other fertilisers on farmland.
We hear from the legendary fell-runner, and farmer, Joss Naylor, in Cumbria.

Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

13 minutes

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  • Tue 15 Jun 2021 05:45

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