22/10/22 Farming Today This Week: Bird flu, education and political uncertainty.
We reflect on what political turmoil means for farmers trying to plan their businesses.
We reflect on what political turmoil means for farmers trying to plan their businesses. Farmers plan in decades and like certainty when the're making those plans; that's been in short supply this week. With a new Prime Minister incoming will the Environment Secretary retain his job? Will the current agricultural policy be the policy be the policy by this time next week?
We also hear the latest on the worst outbreak of bird flu the UK has ever seen, and talk about agricultural education.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.
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- Sat 22 Oct 202206:30BBC Radio 4
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