05/03/22 Farming Today This Week: New Zealand trade deal, cannabis farm in the Irish Sea, farming in Ukraine
Reaction to the trade deal with New Zealand, plans to grow cannabis in the middle of the Irish Sea and we speak to a farmer in Ukraine.
This week the Government signed its trade deal with New Zealand which includes phasing out all tariffs on imports of beef, dairy and lamb. We hear reaction from sheep farmers.
A huge cannabis farm could be built on the Isle of Man. The £100m production plant, growing medicinal cannabis, is being planned for land on the outskirts of Douglas.
Ukraine has long been known as the breadbasket of Europe. Now it's a war zone but amidst the fighting and bombing, and the fear and terror of war, farming continues. We speak to Kees Huizing who has been farming in Ukraine for 20 years. He has 400 workers, 15,000 hectares of crops and milks 2000 dairy cows.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.
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