Jam and chutney, Cattle fraud, Plant pests and diseases

Farming Today

• Episode: Jam and chutney, Cattle fraud, Plant pests and diseases
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:11:44
• Published: 2017-03-13 01:00

Today we begin a week long look at plant pests and diseases. First up it's Dr Buggs! Richard Buggs is the lead researcher at Kew Gardens and he's concerned about bio-security post-Brexit. Our Northern Ireland Farming Correspondent, Connor Macauley reports on a disturbing case from County Tyrone where a fraudulent cattle dealer preyed on a vulnerable 83-year-old farmer and put the food chain at risk by selling diseased cattle. A chef in Bristol is using waste food to produce tasty chutney for homeless people - Farming Today's Lucy Taylor joins her in the kitchen. And as we wake up from winter into spring - we'll have the Farming Today 5-day Forecast from the BBC Weather Centre.