18/09/21 Farming Today This Week: Labour shortages, potatoes, lack of interest in the new environmental funding scheme
We hear what labour shortages mean for farmers, from dumping milk to the pigs stuck on farm.
We hear what labour shortages mean for farmers, from dumping milk to the pigs stuck on farm.
MPs launch an inquiry into how labour and trade issues are affecting the food supply chain.
We ask what's putting farmers off applying for the new public money for public goods Environmental Land Management schemes.
And we join a potato harvesting team on the Yorkshire coast.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.
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- Sat 18 Sep 2021 06:30麻豆社 Radio 4
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