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	Podcast:		Farming Today
	Episode:		Farming Today This Week: Water
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:24:51
	Publish Date:		2019-05-25 01:02:00
	Description:		To conclude Farming Today's week on water Charlotte Smith visits Tiptree Farm in Essex to find out how they harvest and conserve the vast quantities of water needed to produce around 1000 tonnes of strawberries a year. There she meets General Manager Andrey Ivanov who explains how the plants receive individual drops of water controlled by a pioneering micro-irrigation system. Charlotte also speaks to joint-Managing Director Chris Newnham who says that a combination of this system and their reservoirs now gives them over 90% self-sufficiency in water use. Producer: Toby Field
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