New Zealand lamb exports, potato blight, Dairy Aid Scheme

Farming Today

• Episode: New Zealand lamb exports, potato blight, Dairy Aid Scheme
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:13:31
• Published: 2017-04-21 02:00

Farming Today reports from New Zealand about prospects for lamb exports to the UK and Europe after Brexit, then Charlotte Smith hears what British farmers make of the prospect of working with New Zealanders to find new markets together. A look at the origins of potato blight and how it devastated 19th Century Europe, and in particular Ireland. And why most eligible farmers in Scotland are missing out on EU Dairy Aid Scheme money. Presented by Charlotte Smith Produced by Alun Beach.