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Festive Farm Businesses

How do you balance the books when a big chunk of your farm income is based around Christmas? Charlotte Smith finds out, on a Christmas tree farm in Somerset.

From nuts to beef, from sausages to Christmas trees - lots of farm products see a boost in sales over the Festive period.

Charlotte Smith visits a farmer in Somerset in his first year of harvesting his own Christmas trees, to find out how he'll balance the books when 25% of his income come in just one month.

Produced by Heather Simons

25 minutes

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Sat 22 Dec 201806:30
BBC Radio 4

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