Farming Today

16/06/20 - Neonicotinoids in salmon farming, Online flower sales, Shearing alpacas

Farming Today

A new process to remove sea-lice from farmed salmon using Neonicotinoids has been trialled in Norway and could come to Scottish fish farms in the future. Neonics have been banned for use in arable farming because they are damaging to bees. Anna Hill asks Gareth Moore, Editor of fishfarmingexpert.com to explain the details. It's flower week on Farming Today, and for many growers this time of year would see them supplying weddings with blooms and bouquets. With coronavirus putting those on-hold, Rebecca Rooney has spoken to one grower in South Gloucestershire who has switched to selling online. Travel restrictions mean farmers are worried of a shortage of sheep shearers. But it’s not just sheep that need shearing, there are now more than 40 thousand Alpacas in the UK and Kim McAllister has been to a farm in Edinburgh to hear how one shearer made it over from New Zealand after had to self-isolate in his camper van. Producer: Toby Field

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