02/01/2013
Anna Hill reviews a year of drought and flood, and asks what the weather might bring for farmers in 2013.
Anna Hill reviews a year of drought and flood and asks what the weather might bring for farmers in 2013. East Anglian farming consultant Lindsay Hargreaves reflects on the driest spring and wettest summer in a century; Aberdeenshire farmer Charlie Adam recalls the challenges of harvesting in the snow; and Newcastle University hydrologist Paul Quinn outlines on-farm solutions for flooding and drought.
Presenter: Anna Hill Producer: Melvin Rickarby.
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- Wed 2 Jan 201305:45BBC Radio 4
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