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Meanwhile, climate change will increasingly touch our lives. frequent flyers may be charged extra to curb emissions from aviation. our homes will need better insulation too. and well have to shift eventually from gas boilers and install electric heat pumps instead. on the roads, the government accepts that the electric revolution needs a spark. you provide incentives to people. so, whether that is grants to help them put in these measures into their homes or, indeed, the plug—in grant to encou...

Country since childhood, and it is in our countrys moral responsibility to rehabilitate them. but first, a bold, new, green future forfarming post—brexit or the end of the family farm? the environment secretary, george eustice, came to the commons to unveil whats seen as the most significant change to farming and land management in england for more than 50 years. the common agricultural policy is no more, at least for the uk. subsidies will be phased out over seven years and replaced with paym...

Are questions about how to make this kind of farming profitable. while learner is determined to run a sound business, its not just about the bottom line. theres a 40 room mansion on the farm. whats it like living there? >> i dont know. chris: what do you mean? >> i live in a little log cabin and i love it. chris: do you think youre a bit eccentric? >> i am now that im rich. i used to just be weird. chris: days before thanksgiving, sandy learner and i danced with the turkeys. she grew up on a fam...

The clarity now for the future? it is important, so we can plant what we are doing over the next decade, because these changes will take time. nothing happens on land very quickly. it is not clear yet how these changes will affect the public. at the moment, just over half the food we buy in the uk is home grown. will there be an impact on prices? will the other nations follow englands scheme? this is just the start of our new future. jon kay, bbc news, devon. now its only taken 400 years — but...

Countryside will be fewer sheep and cattle and more birds and trees. beavers have built their first dam on exmoor in more than 400 years after being re—introduced into the area nine months ago. this footage, captured on wildlife cameras, shows the animals gnawing nearby trees and collecting vegetation to create a dam across small channels that run through an estate in somerset. the animals are being released in different areas as part of a uk—wide project. ben eardley is project manager at t...

And in parts of the uk, farmers are struggling to stay afloat. there, good boys, good boys. in sussex, martin is focused right now on a visit from the vet. come on, chaps. come on. it seems to have spooked some of the cattle. but the future of the countryside as a whole is far more worrying for livestock farmers like him. farming is a toughjob. and in parts of the uk, farmers are struggling to stay afloat. thats because for two decades, martins farm has been kept in business thanks to grants fro...

Subsidies in england will be reduced from next year and payments to protect nature will be introduced. 0ur environment correspondent roger harrabin reports. farming is a toughjob. and in parts of the uk, farmers are struggling to stay afloat. there, good boys, good boys. in sussex, martin is focused right now on a visit from the vet. come on, chaps. come on. it seems to have spooked some of the cattle. but the future of the countryside as a whole is far more worrying for livestock farmers like h...

We need to look at what the impact of that is on farming businesses as we progress through transition. the common agricultural policy was often criticised for being overly complicated, but, with just a few weeks to go, back on dartmoor, mark still has lots of questions about how the new scheme will work. how important is it for you that you get the clarity now for the future? its important so we can plan what we are doing over the next decade, because these change will take time. nothing happens...

Less enthusiastic. predicting upheaval, with some farmers expected to quit. brexit is a game changer and we will be exposed to far greater competition on the market place. we will need to look at what the impact of that is on farming businesses as we progress through transition. the common agricultural policy was often criticised for being overly complicated. but with just a few weeks to go, back on dartmoor, mark still has lots of questions about how the new scheme will work. how important is i...

The objectives of farming for more wildlife, is simply not going to be enough for us to deliver successfully, because delivering wildlife from a farm is an expensive business. its been announced that farmers will lose half theirformer eu grants by 2024, and all of them by 2028. farmers who embrace the new policy and farm sustainably and make space for nature on their farms, and who want to improve their profitability, so invest in new equipment, they will all benefit from the new policy. there w...