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Farming Today: Slug Invasion, CAP Deadline Extension, Autism Farm School, Pests

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04/05/2016

Slug Invasion, CAP Deadline Extension, Autism Farm School, Pests

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Slug Invasion, CAP Deadline Extension, Autism Farm School, Pests

Presented by Anna Hill. Farmers are expecting a slug invasion.

Presented by Anna Hill. Farmers are expecting a slug invasion but do they have enough armoury to fight back and save their crops?

Farmers are expecting a slug invasion - but there are questions whether they have enough armoury to fight back, and save their crops.
EU member states will be allowed to extend the deadline for farmers to claim their 2016 CAP subsidy payments from mid-May to mid-June.
A Norwegian farmer has designed a solution which apparently repels the flies that destroys brassica crops without killing them or using chemicals.
Woodside Farm in Leicestershire caters exclusively for children with Autism or who have conditions on the Autistic spectrum.

Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

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