13/03/20 Coronavirus and food supplies; Welsh national forest; Environmental impact of sheep

Farming Today

• Episode: 13/03/20 Coronavirus and food supplies; Welsh national forest; Environmental impact of sheep
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:13:31
• Published: 2020-03-13 07:00

As the UK moves from the containment phase to the delay phase for coronavirus, the major players in the UK's supply chain, from farmers to big retailers, are working on emergency plans to feed Britain as the virus spreads. Meanwhile, the American agriculture secretary Sonny Purdue has postponed his planned visit to the UK next week. Charlotte Smith gets a round-up of the latest coronavirus situation. Scientists at Rothamsted Research are investigating the differing impacts which different sheep farming systems have on the environment. We visit their research farm in Devon to find out more. Plans for a national forest running the length and breadth of Wales have been announced by the Welsh Government. The aim is to connect existing woodlands, so that people - and wildlife - can travel from one end of the country to the other through trees. But farming unions are concerned. Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Emma Campbell.