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18/12/2012

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside, presented by Anna Hill. As a group is fined for illegal hunting, supporters say the law is pointless and confusing.

An Oxfordshire - based hunt have been fined for hunting foxes illegally. The RSPCA says this case demonstrates that nobody is exempt from the law of the land, but the Countryside Alliance claims that hunting laws are pointless and confusing.

As winter lambing begins the threat of the Schmallenberg virus looms large. One pedigree sheep breeder tells Anna Hill that government should be doing more to help affected farmers.

And as EU fishing talks get underway in Brussels, Farming Today hears fishermen's concerns that there may be cuts to the number of days they can spend at sea.

Presenter Anna Hill. Producer Ruth Sanderson.

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