January 28 Farming in Five: Avian Influenza found in a farm worker in the West Midlands

In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown reports on the confirmed case of avian influenza found in a farm worker in the West Midlands, discusses the reaction from the growers and the wider farming industry to the ban on neonicotinoid Cruiser SB on sugar beet crops, and an update on the latest analysis done by AHDB, which found over 42,000 farmers in England and Scotland will be hit by the Chancellor's Inheritance Tax changes

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January 28 Farming in Five: Avian Influenza found in a farm worker in the West Midlands

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