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Hello, you're listening to the Witness history podcast with me Dina Newman.

Today we're going back to the aftermath of World War II when pesticides and chemical fertilizers

were becoming more common on UK farms.

But one small group of visionaries held out for natural agricultural techniques and the idea of organic farming was born.

In the struggle for greater food production, scientists all over the world have turned their attention to the control of weeds and pests by chemical spraying.

This can now be applied by a sprayer mounted on the tractor.

Post-war Britain needed food to feed its homecoming armies and

industrialization and agri-chemicals appeared to achieve high productivity with

seemingly less effort than traditional farming methods.

Weeds that used to be controlled with the scythe can now be eradicated by chemical means.

Complete control of weeds would improve crop yields by as much as one third and weed-free

pastures would mean larger herds and better cattle thus producing more meat and more milk.

Farmer John Butler says that despite heavy promotion,

agrochemicals weren't universally popular at first.

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