Farming Today

30/08/22 - Sea lice, harvest robot, farming in peat, bovine TB


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A new framework is to be introduced to protect wild salmon and sea trout in Scotland from sea lice. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) says the wild salmon population is in crisis - but the new rules should limit their exposure to sea lice by defining protection zones.
As the government announces it's going to ban peat in amateur gardening, we look at what crops can be grown in peatland.
If you've been around Harper Adams University in Shropshire you might have done a double take as you came across a tractor and a combine this harvest - because neither had a driver. This is the extension of the 'hands free hectare' project we followed a few years back and is shaping not just the future of farm robots but also the regulations, and even the insurance farmers will need.
All this week we're looking at bovine tuberculosis - how it affects farms, and efforts to control it., including developing better testing, vaccination badgers, and the annual cull of badgers in England.
Presented by Charlotte Smith.
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