
Farming Today This Week
Charlotte Smith visits a Leicestershire farm lambing in snow and hears how farmers throughout the UK are coping with feet of snow and freezing conditions.
Farmers have been contending with freezing temperatures and feet of snow which have brought with them some tough challenges. Charlotte Smith visits a Leicestershire farm which is lambing in snow to see the emergency measures they have in place to keep the lambs alive. Milk tankers have had difficulty reaching remote dairy farms and vegetables and Christmas trees have been frozen into the ground. She hears how farmers are coping with the severe snowfall.
Presenter: Charlotte Smith
Producer: Anne-Marie Bullock.
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- Sat 4 Dec 2010 06:30成人快手 Radio 4 FM
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