13/01/25 - Glyphosate resistant weeds, willow trial for sheep, farm machinery sales down
A weed which is resistant to the herbicide glyphosate has been discovered on a farm in Kent. What that could mean for regenerative farms which rely on the weedkiller?
A weed which is resistant to the herbicide glyphosate has been discovered for the first time in the UK, on a farm in Kent. What that could mean for regenerative farms which rely on the weedkiller?
All this week we’re turning our sights on farm machinery, and what innovations may be available to farmers in the coming years and decades.
A trial using Suffolk mule lambs, supported by Innovative Farmers, has been putting the benefits of browsing on willow to the test.
Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Beatrice Fenton.
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- Mon 13 Jan 202505:45BBC Radio 4
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