Record Pea Harvest, Craft Skills, and Training a Truffle Hound

Farming Today

• Episode: Record Pea Harvest, Craft Skills, and Training a Truffle Hound
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:11:35
• Published: 2017-09-04 07:02

Tim Lamyman has smashed the world record for a pea harvest, recording almost six and a half tonnes per hectare. He's previously held the record for Winter wheat and oilseed rape. David Gregory-Kumar asks him how he's achieved this feat and what lessons can be learned for ensuring profitability of crops. Lucy Taylor meets the hounds hoping for a future hunting truffles, and Marion Dean who patiently trains the dogs (and their owners) to uncover these hard-to-find underground fungi. Our craft skills week begins with an interview with Greta Bertram from the Heritage Crafts Association about why basket-weaving, dry-stone walling or coracle construction are still important and relevant, and why arrow-making has found a new market in historic re-enactments. Producer: Toby Field.