Original version

BBC Radio 4 LW

Farming Today

Magazines & Reviews

Factual: Science & Nature: Nature & Environment

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

BBC Radio 4 FM

Farming Today: Dairy prices, Young farmers, Food tourism, Red squirrels

07/04/2015

Dairy prices, Young farmers, Food tourism, Red squirrels

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Dairy prices, Young farmers, Food tourism, Red squirrels

Another fall in the value of dairy commodities - just what farmers don't want to hear.

Farming and countryside news with Charlotte Smith. Bad news for dairy farmers, with another drop in the value of dairy commodities on one of the international trading platforms.

A drop in the value of dairy commodities on one of the international trading platforms will be exactly the news that dairy farmers don't want to hear. The last Global Dairy Trade Auction saw an overall decrease of ten per cent, but Luke Crossman, a senior analyst at the industry body DairyCo, tells Charlotte Smith that it may not be a cause for immediate alarm.

With food tourism on the rise, Ben Jackson hears about new attempts to get the growing band of foodie tourists onto farms, and turn them into customers.

And what image springs to mind, if you hear the word 'farmer'? If it's a middle-aged man leaning on a gate, you may be out of date. Charlotte Smith hears from one of the young farmers who are helping to prove the stereotype wrong. Twenty-six year old Lindsay Martin is a farmer in Kent. She talks about the challenges and opportunities for young people starting out in agriculture.

Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Emma Campbell.

BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Farming Today

Dairy prices, Young farmers, Food tourism, Red squirrels

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC Radio 4 LW

About BBC Radio 4