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	Podcast:		Farming Today
	Episode:		16/08/24 National Grid "bulldozes" crops, bluetongue rising across Europe, coppicing, challenge of finding fruit pickers
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:13:57
	Publish Date:		2024-08-16 05:00:00
	Description:		How pylons ruined a harvest: a Suffolk farmer speaks of his frustration after National Grid dug up his field, two days before a barley crop was due to be harvested. Bluetongue virus is on the rise. With more cases affecting livestock in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, the Chief Vet is warning farmers here to be extra vigilant. 20 years ago, Salih Hodzhov left Bulgaria to work as a picker on a fruit farm in Kent. He is now the Chief Operating Officer for one of the UK's biggest fruit farming businesses. We hear about the challenges of recruiting pickers from further and further afield. We've been looking at rural skills this week and today it's coppicing and charcoal. Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.
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