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04/11/2011

With Charlotte Smith. The RSPB want some agricultural pesticides made illegal to protect birds of prey.

Charlotte Smith hears the RSPB want some agricultural pesticides made illegal to protect birds of prey.
They are calling for a law which already exists in Scotland to be extended across the UK

Three-quarters of UK rivers do not meet European ecological targets. To find out how farming is contributing to the problem Caz Graham visits the River Eden in Cumbria. Lancaster University is carrying out research which aims to help reduce farm pollution in watercourses.

And Farming Today speaks to The Grocer magazine about how one label for free range eggs and meat could make things easier for shoppers.

Presented by Charlotte Smith. Produced by Clare Freeman.

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