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26/03/22 Farming Today This Week: Seed potatoes going to Russia, Manure to replace fertiliser, Lambs
Podcast |
Farming Today
Publisher |
BBC
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Science
Publication Date |
Mar 26, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:25:05
A large consignment of seed potatoes is being sent from Scotland to Russia, despite a plea from the Scottish Government for businesses to 'disengage from trade with Russia' in response to the war in Ukraine. High artificial fertiliser prices remain a worry for farmers. One farmer in Lancashire is reported to be spending a lottery win on it. The cost has quadrupled with some farmers saying they’re being asked to pay around £1,000 a tonne, and there are warnings that the knock-on effect will be less, and more expensive grain. But the Defra Secretary George Eustice says there is a longer term solution: manures. And to celebrate spring actually springing over much of the country this week, complete with lambs, Farming Today has been talking sheep. Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

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