07/08/2012
Presented by Anna Hill. Grain shortages in Russia and the US could force up food prices in the UK. Scottish farmers might need to harvest late in October due to the weather.
Russia's grain yields are being forecast sharply lower. Could an export ban follow, as occurred in 2010?
How have floods affected farmers in Scotland? The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has warned that if weather conditions persist, some farmers may be harvesting late in October.
But farmers in Suffolk are still irrigating crops . Anna Hill finds out the science behind it from one arable grower.
This week, Farming Today is examining the barley harvest. Emma Weatherill visits a barley farmer in Hereford.
Presented by Anna Hill and Produced by Ruth Sanderson in Birmingham.
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