20/07/24 - Farming Today This Week: Housebuilding, solar farms and Welsh farm policy
We look at what government decisions around planning reform and solar farms could mean for the countryside.
What will this week's announcement by the Government on changes to the rules on planning permission for large scale housing projects and for solar farms on agricultural land mean for the countryside?
The Welsh minister in charge of policy on climate change and rural affairs has drawn up new payment schemes for farmers to apply for as the EU's Common Agricultural Policy is replaced.
And one of the country鈥檚 large dairy processors is ending contracts with many smaller farms because it says they don鈥檛 supply enough milk and there are welfare and sustainability concerns.
A 大象传媒 Audio Bristol production presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Heather Simons
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