Cereals 2014
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. With farmers, scientists and salesmen, Charlotte Smith explores all things arable at Cereals 2014.
Farming Today explores all things arable at Cereals 2014 in Cambridgeshire - talking to farmers, scientists and salesmen. Over half of all cropped land in the UK is used to grow cereals and more than 28,000 people are expected at the arable event over the course of the two days. Charlotte Smith talks to one of the winners in the International Machinery Manufacturers' Awards and catches up with a project launched at the event by Rothamsted Research two years ago.
As governments announce what farmers will have to do in order to claim the full amount of their European subsidies, Charlotte hears from farmers at the event about how the changes will affect them.
And after one of the wettest winters for 250 years, the Met Office explains what conditions farmers can expect to face in the future.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Lucy Bickerton.
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- Thu 12 Jun 201405:45BBC Radio 4
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