Farming Today This Week

What happens when the harvest gets rained off? Caz Graham heads to Overbury Farms on the Gloucestershire-Worcestershire border and discovers there's no time to stand around kicking your heels. Farm manager Jake Freestone takes her on the tour of the 1,500 hectare farm and reveals what goes on when the combine is out of action.

She gets a look inside the grain store where the whirring grain dryer has been fired up to reduce moisture levels in the wheat and barley. In an ideal world the sunshine would do that job, but after a week of scattered showers, many farmers are spending money on drying out their grain.

They also look at this year's crop of straw - an essential by-product of arable farming which benefits the livestock. Jake explains how their straw is used as bedding for the sheep over winter.

Susan Twining from agricultural consultants ADAS joins Caz on the farm to discuss their latest UK harvest report, and progress nationwide. And despite the rainy weather, Caz isn't disappointed. She still gets to sit in the cab of a combine harvester...and turn the key.

Presented by Caz Graham. Produced by Anna Jones.