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Episode 30 - The Farming Show with Steve Orchard
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Reporting on more shiny new kit launched at LAMMA.
It's not too early to be thinking about LEAF Open Farm Sunday.
Details of a conference in Peterborough this week: Soya to Sustainability.
And crop doctor, Sean Sparling is back with some agronomy advice and talking office software for farmers.
Plus our weekly crop, livestock and grain market reports.
The week in agriculture, with Steve Orchard.
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