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The National Farmers' Union says the government's decision to ban hedge cutting in August is 'draconian' and is urging Defra to rethink the changes. From next year farmers in England will have to wait until September 1st to trim hedges around their fields. Farming Today speaks to the RSPB who say the changes are vital for the conservation of nesting birds and also to the NFU who says it will hit the farming calendar.

Hundreds of thousands of seabirds across the world get trapped in vertical fishing nets, known as gillnets, every year. The problem in Filey Bay on the east coast of Yorkshire was so bad the fishermen decided to do something about it. And the changes they've made are proving a success. Sybil Ruscoe speaks to Rex Harrison who is flying to Seattle today on America's west coast to show fishermen there what they've been doing.

And Farming Today goes back to the classroom this week to look at farm education in the UK. Anna Jones visits Redborne Upper School in Bedfordshire who offer land-based qualifications.

Presented by Sybil Ruscoe and produced by Lucy Bickerton.