Farming Today - 20/03/26 Commoners excluded from environmental schemes, bean processing, new science at the Commonwealth Potato Collection

20/03/26 Commoners excluded from environmental schemes, bean processing, new science at the Commonwealth Potato Collection

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Computer says no - why nearly 4,000 farmers are excluded from the government’s new environmental support schemes.

Scottish seed potato growers have been gathering in Dundee this week to hear how a 5-year long project might save their industry from the impact of a tiny but devastating worm, called the potato cyst nematode.

We’re looking into how the food our farmers grow is processed all this week. Most of the beans and peas we grow for human consumption in the UK pass through just one large processing company.

Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

Published on Friday, 20th March 2026.

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