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Farming Today: Global agricultural trade, migrant workers, drought and potatoes, phosphate research

US secretary of agriculture, EFRA Committee reports, haricot beans

04/07/2018

Global agricultural trade, migrant workers, drought and potatoes, phosphate research

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Global agricultural trade, migrant workers, drought and potatoes, phosphate research

A UN backed global agricultural report says trade is essential for continued food security

News about food, farming and the countryside. A UN backed global agricultural report says trade is essential for continued food security. Plus the drought hits the UK potato crop.

A joint UN and OECD global agricultural report says trade in food commodities is essential for continued food security. The hot weather is having a damaging effect on the UK potato crop. Soft fruit prices are set to rise because of a shortage of workers. And the fascinating science of phosphates in agriculture, Farming Today hears how scientists may be able to reduce fertilizer use with the help of bacteria

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