New Zealand lamb exports, potato blight, Dairy Aid Scheme
A report from New Zealand about prospects for lamb exports to the UK and EU after Brexit, the history of potato blight and how Dairy Aid Scheme money is going unclaimed by farmers.
Farming Today reports from New Zealand about prospects for lamb exports to the UK and Europe after Brexit, then Charlotte Smith hears what British farmers make of the prospect of working with New Zealanders to find new markets together. A look at the origins of potato blight and how it devastated 19th Century Europe, and in particular Ireland. And why most eligible farmers in Scotland are missing out on EU Dairy Aid Scheme money.
Presented by Charlotte Smith
Produced by Alun Beach.
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- Fri 21 Apr 201705:45BBC Radio 4
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