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19/08/20 - Wheat and the weather, Protecting peatlands, livestock buyer, Support for dairy farmers

The wet spring, a dry summer and now thunderstorms - Anna Hill finds out how these challenging conditions have impacted on this year's wheat yields.

After a wet spring and a dry summer and now thunderstorms, Anna Hill finds out how these challenging conditions have impacted on this year's wheat yields. With farmer Tom Bradshaw. A charity are arguing that planting millions of trees will be pointless unless more is done to improve and protect peatlands. Some dairy farmers in England are saying that a government's scheme to provide them with financial help is too rigid and fails to help more than a handful of businesses. A livestock buyer for a major supermarket is the focus of today's jobs that sit adjacent to agriculture.

Producer: Toby Field

13 minutes

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  • Wed 19 Aug 202005:45

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