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16/08/24 National Grid "bulldozes" crops, bluetongue rising across Europe, coppicing, challenge of finding fruit pickers
Podcast |
Farming Today
Publisher |
BBC
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Science
Publication Date |
Aug 16, 2024
Episode Duration |
00:13:57

How pylons ruined a harvest: a Suffolk farmer speaks of his frustration after National Grid dug up his field, two days before a barley crop was due to be harvested. Bluetongue virus is on the rise. With more cases affecting livestock in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, the Chief Vet is warning farmers here to be extra vigilant. 20 years ago, Salih Hodzhov left Bulgaria to work as a picker on a fruit farm in Kent. He is now the Chief Operating Officer for one of the UK's biggest fruit farming businesses. We hear about the challenges of recruiting pickers from further and further afield. We've been looking at rural skills this week and today it's coppicing and charcoal.

Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

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