Machine Farm: Electric Weedkiller

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

251

Date Released

1980

Length of issue (in feet)

522

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Machine Farm: Apple Picker
2. 2Machine Farm: Electric Weedkiller
3. 3Machine Farm: Bionic Cow

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

COI synopsis: High costs, labour shortage and a hungry world have brought about a revolution down on the farm. This week’s programme looks at new ways to deal with perennial problems. Sugar beet production is a growing British industry, providing over half the country’s sugar. But this valuable crop has an enemy - the sugar beet bolter. It’s sugar beet turned to massive, commercially useless weeds. Now science has declared war on the bolter, with a weapon that uses high voltage electricity to destroy the malignant invader.

Keywords

Agriculture; Horticulture; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/251

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

Maurice Tarling

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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