Housing, spring vegetables, sheep herding by drone

A million homes can be built on brownfield sites helping to preserve the English countryside according to a new report. Builders often prefer to take the cheaper option of building on fresh ground, but as Rebecca Pullinger the Campaign to Protect Rural England's planning campaigner tells Sybil it's not always cheaper to build in the countryside. All this week Farming Today is focusing on the arrival of spring - and what that means for UK farmers. Today we pay a visit to a fourth-generation family business which grows and packages a range of vegetables over a long season, to ensure staggered harvests. And could this spell the of a farmer’s best friend? A drone that herds sheep.

Presented by Sybil Ruscoe

Produced by Alun Beach.