Around the Farming World
Farming and countryside news. Four farmers from four different continents tell Caz Graham about the joys and challenges of the rural lives they have chosen.
Four farmers from four different continents tell us about the joys and challenges of the rural lives they've chosen.
Sandy Martin farms 15,000 sheep in South Australia whilst James Rebanks, also known by his twitter name "Herdy Shepherd", has 500 Herdwicks on the fells of Cumbria. Aftab Ahmad lost thousands of chickens to disease on his farm just outside Delhi, where his crops now include wheat and mustard. Meanwhile Trey Lewis has a buffalo farm near Baltimore, in Maryland, USA.
Presenter: Caz Graham
Producer: Tim Allen.
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