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More Turbulence for the Dairy Industry, Farming Big Data, Giant Hogweed

Scotland debates land reform, but is it land reform or a land grab? A Somerset man is injured by giant hogweed and Sir Jim Paice stands down as chairman of dairy co-op First Milk.

As Scotland debates land reform we ask Scottish Land Reform Minister, Aileen McLeod is it land reform or a land grab?

Reporter Helen Catt has been to Harwell in Oxfordshire to hear from the Agriculture Secretary, Elizabeth Truss who reckons British farming is on the cusp of a data revolution. She watches fishing boats in the Pitcairn Islands on a big screen via satellite but how will that help British farming?

There's a warning to people walking in the countryside and people fishing on rivers after a man from Somerset is seriously injured by Giant Hogweed - it's a tall plant with large umbrella-like blooms of small white flowers. Dean Simmons suffered burns and blisters and his leg will take months to recover.

There's also more turbulence in the dairy industry as First Milk announces another price cut and the chairman of the dairy farmers' co-op, Sir Jim Paice, stands down. How can Britian's small dairy farmers survive with continuing price falls?

Presenter: Charlotte Smith
Producer: Sybil Ruscoe.

13 minutes

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  • Thu 25 Jun 2015 05:45

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