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Farming Today: 30/08/23 Border controls; new tech for growing potatoes; tractor driving during harvest

30/08/23 Border controls; new tech for growing potatoes; tractor driving during harvest

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 30/08/23 Border controls; new tech for growing potatoes; tractor driving during harvest

The UK government announces new border controls for imported goods from the EU.

The UK government announces it will be bringing in new border controls for imported goods from the EU from 31st October 2023. Plus, new technology for growing and storing potatoes.

After multiple delays, the UK government announces it will be bringing in new border controls for imported goods from the EU from 31st October 2023.

How new innovations and technology are helping the growth and storage of potatoes.

And as we continue to look at harvest this week, we take a look at the challenges farmers face when taking their tractors off the fields and on to public roads.

Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Rhiannon Fitz-Gerald.

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