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Farming Today: Fruit research, Cheese company, Dorset anti-cull groups

28/08/2015

Fruit research, Cheese company, Dorset anti-cull groups

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Fruit research, Cheese company, Dorset anti-cull groups

The countryside braces itself for a badger cull.

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Presented by Sally Challenor. The countryside braces itself for a badger cull.

The badger cull is expected to get underway at any moment. For the last two years, badgers in parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset have been targeted as part of the Government's approach to eradicating bovine TB, which they say is spread from badgers to cattle. Defra is expected to announce that the cull zones will be extended, with many citing Dorset as a potential area. Sally Challenor met with members of the Dorset Badger and Bovine Welfare group to see how they were preparing for a potential cull.


Cricketers Cheese will stop production due to the ongoing crisis in dairy markets. They are a medium sized company, producing 3500 tonnes of cheddar a year. Their managing director Greg Parsons says they are both too big to become niche and too small to compete with bigger producers.


All this week, Farming Today is looking at fruit in the UK. Anna Hill talks to Tim Biddlecome from the Fruit Advisory Service team about new methods of planting and pruning.

Presenter Sally Challenor. Producer Ruth Sanderson.

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