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Shortage of skilled UK farm workers, New Waterloo city farm, Soil quality

Charlotte Smith hears why there is a shortage of skilled UK farmworkers. Plus a look at London's newest city farm and a call to preserve soil quality by planting less maize.

We hear what an agricultural recruitment firm is doing about what it describes as a shortage of skilled UK farm workers. They're recruiting dairystockmen from the Philippines and eastern Europe.

Charlotte Smith visits London's newest city farm, in Waterloo - less than half an acre in size, squeezed up by the railway sidings, but which enjoys a view of the Houses of Parliament.

And in the week of arable farming's key industry show, Cereals 2015 in Lincolnshire, sustainable farming director Mike Gooding issues a call to arms to preserve soil quality by planting less maize and oil seed rape.

Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Mark Smalley.

13 minutes

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Mon 8 Jun 2015 05:45

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  • Mon 8 Jun 2015 05:45

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