02/04/20 Abattoirs and coronavirus, Commerical forestry, Audio diary from Archdeacon of Cardigan

Farming Today

• Episode: 02/04/20 Abattoirs and coronavirus, Commerical forestry, Audio diary from Archdeacon of Cardigan
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:13:29
• Published: 2020-04-02 07:00

The coronavirus crisis is having a big impact on meat producers and abattoirs. The market for high-end cuts of meat has fallen sharply with the closure of restaurants and hotels, while family celebrations for Easter and Eid, which would have boosted sales of joints of meat, are likely to be put on hold this year. Meanwhile, measures to keep abattoir workers safe from coronavirus infection are not straightforward. Sybil Ruscoe asks the Association of British Meat Processors what effect it's all having. Continuing Farming Today's week-long look at trees, we hear from Confor - the organisation which represents forestry and the wood-producing sector. After all the optimisim of tree-planting promises during the general election last year, how is commercial forestry faring now? And we hear the audio diary of the Archdeacon of Cardigan, as she tries to look after her flock during the coronavirus lockdown. Presented by Sybil Ruscoe and produed by Emma Campbell.