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Farming Today: Scottish referendum, African Swine flu, apricots

25/07/2014

Scottish referendum, African Swine flu, apricots

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Scottish referendum, African Swine flu, apricots

Pig industry fear over the spread of African Swine Fever in Europe.

Pig industry fear over the spread of African Swine Fever in Europe and how to do business when your farm straddles two countries.

A leading pig industry expert warns that the UK needs to ramp up its biosecurity measures in order to prevent a spread of infection from African Swine Fever in Eastern Europe and Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea in the US. Derek Armstrong from the British Pig Executive thinks tighter controls in ports and airports are needed. With less than two months to go until the Scottish independence referendum, Nancy Nicolson talks to Scottish Environment minister Richard Lochhead and DEFRA farming minister George Eustice about the pros and cons of independence for Scottish farmers. Meanwhile Northern Irish farmer David Crocket tells Caz Graham about the problems of having a farm which straddles two countries - as well as two currencies. Could the UK become an apricot producer? Phil Harrison meets a fruit farmer who has just produced a bumper harvest in Kent.

Presented by Caz Graham. Produced in Bristol by Ruth Sanderson.

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