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Farming Today: 08/05/2013

08/05/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 08/05/2013

Controlling harmful caterpillars by aerial spraying - Anna Hill looks at the controversy.

As the Forestry Commission controversially prepares to spray insecticide from a helicopter over woodland in Berkshire, Anna Hill asks whether it's the best way to control pests.

The Forestry Commission is preparing to spray an area of woodland in Berkshire with insecticide to kill off a harmful caterpillar called the Oak Processionary Moth. Amid concerns from wildlife groups that aerial spraying will threaten other woodland species, Anna Hill asks whether this controversial method of pest control is worth the risk.

Anna also talks to a former ostrich farmer who says the UK is a hard place to make a living out of exotic meat production.

And should working horses take their old job back from the tractors? Farming Today visits a vineyard in Gloucestershire where heavy horses are showing what they can do.

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