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Farming Today: 26/03/22 Farming Today This Week: Seed potatoes going to Russia, Manure to replace fertiliser, Lambs

26/03/22 Farming Today This Week: Seed potatoes going to Russia, Manure to replace fertiliser, Lambs

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Should Scottish farmers be supplying seed potatoes to Russia?

We ask if Scottish farmers should be supplying seed potatoes to Russia.

A large consignment of seed potatoes is being sent from Scotland to Russia, despite a plea from the Scottish Government for businesses to 'disengage from trade with Russia' in response to the war in Ukraine.

High artificial fertiliser prices remain a worry for farmers. One farmer in Lancashire is reported to be spending a lottery win on it.  The cost has quadrupled with some farmers saying they’re being asked to pay around £1,000 a tonne, and there are warnings that the knock-on effect will be less, and more expensive grain. But the Defra Secretary George Eustice says there is a longer term solution: manures.

And to celebrate spring actually springing over much of the country this week, complete with lambs, Farming Today has been talking sheep.

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