02/08/19 Yorkshire floods, Pride farmers, insects on farms, Environment Secretary's speech at Countryfile Live

Farming Today

• Episode: 02/08/19 Yorkshire floods, Pride farmers, insects on farms, Environment Secretary's speech at Countryfile Live
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:13:18
• Published: 2019-08-02 07:00

We hear reaction to the new environment secretary Theresa Villiers' first speech at the BBC Countryfile Live event at Blenheim Palace. The army is helping with a massive clean up operation after flash flooding in the Yorkshire Dales. Michael Barker farms in Swaledale where torrents of water smashed through his stone walls leaving rocks and boulders scattered across his land. A group of fifty LGBTQ+ farmers are heading to the Brighton Pride festival for the first time. They will join Saturday's parade with what they're calling their Sassy Ferguson - a rainbow painted tractor. This week we’re focusing on some of the smallest residents on the farm - insects and invertebrates. Today we're in Pembrokeshire where Dr Beynon’s Bug Farm is educating people about the importance of bugs. Presented by Sybil Ruscoe and produced by Beatrice Fenton.