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20/09/2012

How pig paternity tests are being used to fight meat mislabelling in Ireland, and warnings that bracken could spread unchecked across the countryside after a weedkiller is banned.

Pig paternity tests are being used to fight meat mislabelling in Ireland. After three years of work the Irish Farmers Association has set up a pig DNA database which will be used to spot check pork and bacon.

Grouse moor keepers warn bracken could spread unchecked across the countryside once a ban on the weedkiller Asulam is enforced.

And, a report says food prices could go up by 15% as livestock farmers around the world downsize their herds because of high grain prices.

This programme is presented by Charlotte Smith and produced in Birmingham by Sarah Swadling.

14 minutes

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Thu 20 Sep 2012 05:45

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