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	Podcast:		Farming Today
	Episode:		14/11/19 Flooding, mussels, election special from a livestock market
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:13:40
	Publish Date:		2019-11-14 02:33:00
	Description:		As communities across South Yorkshire, the East Midlands and Lincolnshire deal with widespread floods, one farmer says more could have been done to prevent them. Henry Ward's arable farm has been under water since the River Varlings Eau in Lincolnshire burst its banks last weekend. He believes dredging rivers would have made a big difference. However hydrologist Professor Hannah Cloke from the University of Reading says dredging's not always the answer. She says storing water on farmland, then compensating farmers whose land is affected, would be one of the most effective ways of controlling flooding. We go out to sea to visit the offshore mussel farm that's set to be the biggest in Europe. Father and son George and John Holmyard from Offshore Shellfish grow mussels off the south coast. In another election special, Caz Graham goes to a lifestock market to find out what "Workington Man" wants. She speaks to sheep and cattle farmers about what will influence their vote.
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