09/03/2011
Following several illegal attempts to get cattle that could be carrying BSE into the food chain, the government introduces new measures to safeguard UK food supplies.
Following several illegal attempts to get cattle that could be carrying BSE into the food chain, the government introduces new measures to safeguard UK food supplies. Following the government's challenge to farmers to grow more food, the RSPB launches a campaign to increase farmland wildlife whilst still maintaining food production. Anna Hill travels to King's Lynn to report on the Environment Agency's Operation Watermark exercise, which is testing the nation's flood defences. And can chickens tell if other hens are in distress? Farming Today finds out.
Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Martin Poyntz-Roberts.
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