Countryfile

“Evolution not a revolution,” is what environment secretary George Eustice promised when England’s new farming plan was announced back in November. Instead of receiving taxpayers’ money based on the size of land being farmed (as was the system while we remained in the EU), a new green subsidy scheme will now see farmers being paid for preventing floods and aiding wildlife. Here, Tom Heap investigates whether this policy shift in the post-Brexit landscape can deliver for farmers – and the environment. 

Elsewhere, Ellie Harrison is scaling Cheddar Gorge, while Adam Henson gets to meet one of his heroes – rugby-union-ref-turned-farmer Nigel Owens, who’s about to face his herd’s first test for TB.