Harvest 2018, Heritage grains, Tackling poaching

Farming Today

• Episode: Harvest 2018, Heritage grains, Tackling poaching
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:11:43
• Published: 2018-08-13 07:02

Sybil Ruscoe quizzes independent crop expert Sean Sparling on how the wet winter and long hot summer is affecting this year's harvest producing lower yields, and he says that as a result it's inevitable that food prices will rise. She also speaks to Stuart Roberts about how some species of heritage grains are defying the trend and thriving in these conditions, and Heather Simons has been hot with Wiltshire Police to hear how they're using social media to track criminals who are taking advantage of the harvested fields to take part in poaching and hare-coursing. Producer: Toby Field.