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Farming Today: 01/10/2012

01/10/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 01/10/2012

Charlotte Smith reveals the finalists for the BBC Farmer of the Year award 2012.

Charlotte Smith and Adam Henson reveal the finalists for the BBC Farming Today Farmer of the Year award 2012.

Following floods across the UK, Heather Simons visits a cattle and sheep farmer in Wales who has been affected by flooding and is desperate for the rivers to be dredged. Charlotte Smith talks to the MP for Brigg and Goole, Andrew Percy, who feels that wildlife and environmental concerns are being prioritised over the needs of farmers.

After a record amount of nominations for the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2012, and after exhaustive researches,the judges have finished going through the many hundreds of entries for the BBC 'Farming Today' Farmer of the Year award, Charlotte and Adam Henson reveal the finalists.

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