Fishing accidents and drug use, Farm pollution and slurry, International Womens' Day

Farming Today

• Episode: Fishing accidents and drug use, Farm pollution and slurry, International Womens' Day
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:13:17
• Published: 2017-03-08 01:00

Evidence of fishermen taking drugs while working out at sea - putting their lives at risk in one of the most dangerous jobs in the UK. It's already the most dangerous peacetime profession - but now a BBC Inside Out investigation has uncovered evidence that some fishermen are upping the risk by taking drugs at sea.Post mortem results and searches of certain vessels have shown hard evidence of abuse of amphetamines, cannabis and heroin. Steve Clinch of the Marine Accident Investigation Branch expresses concern. This week Farming Today's taking a closer look at pollution in the countryside, as part of the BBC's So I Can Breathe season. Agriculture is one of the primary sources of ammonia - it accounted for 83% of emissions in 2014. Ammonia is released from the soil, fertilizers and livestock manure. Farmers can reduce ammonia releases by injecting farmyard slurry into soil rather than spreading, and by covering up slurry stores. DEFRA's currently giving grants to help farmers cover their slurry - Emily Hughes meets David Cotterel, farm manager at Kingston Maurward College in Dorset, to hear why he's applied to the scheme. And on International Women's Day - we hear from Syrian food producer Razan Alsous who fled the country's civil war in 2012. She's since become an award-winning maker of Yorkshire Dama Cheese. Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Mark Smalley.