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Farming Today: 06/12/2010

06/12/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 06/12/2010

Charlotte Smith hears that farm roofs are now collapsing under heavy snow.

The farmers who are coping with roofs collapsing under the sheer weight of snow. Charlotte Smith hears one dairy farmer's narrow escape.

Farmers cope with roofs collapsing under the sheer weight of snow. Charlotte Smith hears one dairy farmer's narrow escape after 40cm of snow fell on his barn roof.

Farming Today visits the frozen Moray Firth where shooters are being told to rest their guns to protect birds struggling to stay alive in the cold. 

And the worlds hottest chilli has been created, not in India, or South America, but in a greenhouse in Cumbria. Its creator warns that it will be sold with a health disclaimer. 

Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Melvin Rickarby.

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