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	Podcast:		Farming Today
	Episode:		Import inspection issues, the hunger gap, New oat drink factory
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:11:33
	Publish Date:		2021-03-15 05:58:00
	Description:		The government is delaying putting inspections on food and live animals coming to the UK from the EU until January 2022, and the President of the National Farmers Union, Scotland, says this puts UK producers at a disadvantage. All this week we're looking at 'the hunger gap', the point in the year when the winter staples of root veg and brassicas are coming to an end and before the spring crops are ready to harvest. But as Professor Jim Monaghan from Harper Adams University explains science is starting to find ways of closing this gap. A major oat drink manufacturer has announced plans for a new production facility in Peterborough and they aim to source more UK-grown oats, but their recent advertising campaign may have put-off one local farmer. Presenter: Charlotte Smith Producer: Toby Field
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