Farming Today This Week: Harvest 2015
Harvest 2015 is underway. Felicity Evans checks progress in the Cotswolds as the oil seed rape is gathered in.
The combines are rolling in Harvest 2015 - we're in the Cotswolds as the oil seed rape is gathered in.
Harvest talk used to be confined to neighbours and friends in the pub - now the savvy, media friendly farmers are sharing their harvest with the world via social media & blogging.
Harvest and drinking beer go hand in hand, so we report on the malting barley harvest in Cornwall.
And pumpkins may make you think of autumn - the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. But think again! We've news of an unusual summer pumpkin harvest just off the M25 in north London.
Presenter: Felicity Evans
Producer: Sybil Ruscoe.
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