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Farming Today: 24/03/21: Weeds winning over crops, the future of the AHDB, direct lobster sales

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24/03/21: Weeds winning over crops, the future of the AHDB, direct lobster sales

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 24/03/21: Weeds winning over crops, the future of the AHDB, direct lobster sales

New research shows weeds are winning over crops.

New research shows weeds are winning over crops.  And after another vote goes against the levy for advisory body the AHDB - what is its future?

New evidence from the world’s longest running experiment at Rothamsted Research shows the threat to food crops from weeds is greater than ever before.

The future of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board is under growing scrutiny, after a second ballot of farmers - this time potato growers - recorded 64%  in favour of ending their mandatory levy, which is paid to the board.

And all this week we're looking at how the pandemic has affected food, farming and rural businesses, a year on from the first lockdown. Our reporter Bob Walker has been talking to Buck Beckett, a crab and lobster fisherman based in Newquay, Cornwall. 

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