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Farming Today: 24/04/21 Salmon exports, soil, social media hoof trimming

24/04/21 Salmon exports, soil, social media hoof trimming

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 24/04/21 Salmon exports, soil, social media hoof trimming

We dig deep, talk fishy statistics and chat with the latest TikTok sensation.

Few farmers would underestimate their soil's importance to their ability to produce food. Soil also stores carbon and in a week where Earth Day saw big announcements from the USA and others on cutting emissions we can expect to hear more about soil.  Putting new life into the old saying ‘where there’s muck there’s brass’ is English agriculture policy: increasing numbers of farmers are now looking at the carbon stored in soil, as a way of earning money in the future, through the new Environmental Land Management Schemes which in England will replace payments from the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy.
Scottish Salmon Producers say the government is 97% out on its export figures for January. HMRC statistics show a big drop in salmon exports to the EU this January, but Scottish producers say they actually sent more than last year.
We hear from Ant Thomas, a hoof trimmer based in Cornwall, who is proving a hit on social media by sharing videos of himself at work. He now has 99000 followers on TikTok, a place better known for sharing videos of singing and dancing than hoof trimming. Ant says he thinks people just want something different.

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