15/06/2011
Warnings that farmers will be forced out of parts of their land if they can no longer use river-water to irrigate crops. Presented by Anna Hill.
Warnings that farmers will be forced out of parts of their land if they can no longer use river-water to irrigate crops. Jenny Bashford from the National Farmer's Union believes that some parts of the country will become unusable for agriculture if abstraction licences are revoked. Trevor Bishop from the Environment Agency explains the permanent damage to wildlife in UK waterways which can occur if too much water is taken from them.
And Anna Hill joins the race to harvest peas in Suffolk and get them to the freezer within 150 minutes. But weather conditions have had a bad effect on this year's harvest.
Presented by Anna Hill. Produced by Emma Weatherill.
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