24/07/25 The Royal Welsh Show - the sustainable farming scheme and sheep shearing.
Celebrating Welsh farming, food and rural life at the Royal Welsh Show.
Farming Today joins the Royal Welsh Show in Builth Wells - the week after the Welsh Government announced its new system of payments: the sustainable farming scheme. This annual celebration of farming, food and rural Wales attracts around 200,000 visitors but this year the number of cattle on show is down by a third because of bluetongue disease.
Presenter = Charlotte Smith
Producer = Rebecca Rooney
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