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Farming Today: Cheese ban, Oyster farming, grass

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01/05/2014

Cheese ban, Oyster farming, grass

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Cheese ban, Oyster farming, grass

Presented by Charlotte Smith. China temporarily bans cheese imports from the UK.

Presented by Charlotte Smith. China has supsended cheese imports from the UK. And after almost 100 years, shellfish farming returns to a Somerset village.

As of today, China has placed a temporary ban on cheese imports from the UK. It follows an inspection tour of European dairy plants by Chinese officials. There were concerns about processing plant maintenance, air sanitisation, raw milk transport temperatures and chemical storage. Charlotte Smith asks whether UK consumers should be concerned.

After almost 100 years, shellfish farming has returned to a seaside village in Somerset. Volunteers in Porlock aim to revive the ancient tradition. BBC Somerset's Charlie Taylor was there as the first oyster and mussel spawn were placed in the water.

And as Farming Today continues to look at the importance of grass, a dairy farmer in Cumbria explains why he is so fanatical about grassland management.

Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Lucy Bickerton.

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